Talk:Glaucon
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Error: "The dialogue begins as Socrates, Glaucon, and several others are on their way to make devotions to Athena" - The dialogue begins with a recollection by Socrates of the previous day, when he and Glaucon "went down to the Piraeus" to pray to the goddess". Which goddess is not stated, but as the festival of the goddess was being held for the first time it is probably *not* Athena (the patron goddess of Athens). Harold Bloom in the notes to his translation writes regarding the festival: "Apparently the festival of Bendis. Bendis was a foreign goddess; she was related to the moon by the Thracians who worshiped her. The Piraeus seems to have been a center for innovations in everything, including religion" (Republic, p 441). 66.123.107.89 (talk) 03:56, 11 August 2008 (UTC)