43.
οἵαπερ ἡ παρἀ is the reading of T: B has
οἵα περὶ. The
γραμματισταί of Athens were schoolmasters, who besides
teaching reading and writing (cf. below,
326D translated
(
ἑρμηνεύειν) Homer and interpreted his
γλῶτται. They were
distinct from the
γραμματικοί or
κριτικοί who pursued more
scientific literary and grammatical studies. The
κιθαριστής and
γραμματιστής between them taught
μουσική, and the
παιδοτρίβης
γυμναστική; and
μουσική and
γυμναστική were the two parts of
παιδεία or liberal education:
Rep. II. 376E.
45. ἐπὶ τέχνῃ—ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ παιδείᾳ: cf. 315Aἐπὶ τέχνῃ
μανθάνει, ὡς σοφιστὴς ἐσόμενος. The distinction between professional and liberal (ὡς τὸν ἰδιώτην καὶ τὸν ἐλεύθερον πρέπει)
education is frequently emphasised by Plato (see especially
Laws, I. 643D): his word for the latter is always παιδεία, cf.
Gorg. 485A, Rep. VI. 492C. The ‘arts’ are throughout the
Republic looked on as βάναυσοι, and unfit for men whose souls
are free.