Motif
Civic myth legitimating social ranks
civic_myth_legitimating_social_ranks
A motif of the Royal Legitimacy and Sacred Kingship family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 1996-2074 confidence: high
Plato proposes the idea as a 'monstrous fiction,' adapts mythology to the state, uses the 'Phoenician tale,' and gives the republic a possible tale of 'earthborn men' comparable to Greek state origin myths.
The Phoenician tale and mythology are described as vehicles for teaching and lightly introducing principles about rank, merit, and state order.
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