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Plato Rep. 538A. 
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Plut. Mor. 825 c. 
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ib. 841 E. 
Amyotus.
Not being an historian but a philosopher, largely concerned with political theory, Plato was not primarily interested in historical inquiry 
for its own sake. His references to history or prehistory, when they occur, are introduced for the purpose of illustrating some particular point of doctrine, generally ethical or political.
