Plato 514a (2)
Mischa Hooker / GREK 102
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- Aligned by Mischa Hooker
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
ἰδὲ γὰρ ἀνθρώπους οἷον ἐν καταγείῳ οἰκήσει σπηλαιώδει , ἀναπεπταμένην πρὸς τὸ φῶς τὴν εἴσοδον ἐχούσῃ μακρὰν παρὰ πᾶν τὸ σπήλαιον , ἐν ταύτῃ ἐκ παίδων ὄντας ἐν δεσμοῖς , καὶ τὰ σκέλη | καὶ τοὺς αὐχένας , ὥστε μένειν τε αὐτοῦ εἴς τε τὸ πρόσθεν μόνον ὁρᾶν , κύκλῳ δὲ τὰς κεφαλὰς ὑπὸ τοῦ δεσμοῦ ἀδυνάτους περιάγειν ·
Picture
men
dwelling
in
a
sort
of
subterranean
cavern
with
a
long
entrance
open
to
the
light
on
its
entire
width
.
Conceive
them
as
having
their
legs
and
necks
fettered
from
childhood
,
so
that
they
remain
in
the
same
spot
,
able
to
look
forward
only
,
and
prevented
by
the
fetters
from
turning
their
heads
.