Socrates in 3. _de Rep._ saith thus, Phraso gar aneu metrou, ou gar eimi poietikos. elthen o Chryses tes te thygatros lytra pheron, kai iketes ton Achaion, malista de ton basileon: kai eucheto, ekeinois men tous theous dounai elontas ten Troian, autous de sothenai, ten de thygatera oi auto lysai, dexamenous apoina, kai ton theon aidesthentas. Toiauta de eipontos autou, oi men alloi esebonto kai synenoun, o de Agamemnon egriainen, entel- lomenos nyn te apienai, kai authis me elthein, me auto to te skeptron, kai ta tou theou stemmata ouk eparkesoi. prin de lythenai autou thygatera, en Argei ephe gerasein meta ou. apienai de ekeleue, kai me erethizein, ina sos oikade elthoi. o de presbytes akousas edeise te kai apeei sige, apocho- resas d ek tou stratopedou polla to Apolloni eucheto, tas te eponymias tou theou anakalon kai ypomimneskon kai apaiton, ei ti popote e en naon oikodomesesin, e en ieron thysiais kecharismenon doresaito. on de charin kateucheto tisai tous Achaious ta a dakrua tois ekeinon belesin. To compare _Homer_ and _Plato_ together, two wonders of nature and arte for witte and eloquence, is most pleasant and profitable, for a man of ripe iudgement. _Platos_ turning of _Homer_ in this place, doth not ride a loft in Poeticall termes, but goeth low and soft on foote, as prose and _Pedestris oratio_ should do. If _Sulpitius_ had had _Platos_ consideration, in right 256 _The second booke teachyng_