instilled in her a sense of justice and uprightness, by
holding the just in higher honour than the unjust, and by pointing out
that the lives of the righteous are richer and less servile than those
of the unrighteous; and this was the position in which she found herself
installed in our household. [14]

[13] Or, "having taken an inventory of the several sets of things."
Cf. "Ages." i. 18; "Cyrop." VII. iv. 12. See Newman, op. cit. i.
171.

[14] Or, "and this was the position in which we presently established
her herself."

And now, on the strength of all that we had done, Socrates (he added),
I addressed my wife, explaining that all these things would fail of use
unless she took in charge herself to see that the order of each several
part was kept. Thereupon I taught her that in every well-constituted
city the citizens are not content merely to pass good laws, but they
further choose them guardians of the laws, [15] whose function as
inspectors is to praise the man whose acts are law-abiding, or to mulct
some other who offends against the law. Accordingly, I bade her believe
that she, the mistress, was herself to play the part of guardian of the
laws to her whole household, examining whenever it seemed good to her,
and passing in review the several chattels, just as the officer in
command of a garrison [16] musters and reviews his men. She must apply
her scrutiny and see that everything was well, even as the Senate [17]
tests the condition of the Knights and of their horses. [18] Like a
queen, she must bestow, according to the power vested in her, praise
and honour on the well-deserving, but blame and chastisement on him who
stood in need thereof.

[15] See Plat. "Laws," vi. 755 A, 770 C; Aristot. "Pol." iii. 15, 1287
A; iv. 14, 1298 B; vi. 8, 1323 A; "Ath. Pol." viii. 4; and Cic.
ap. Col. xii. 3. 10 f. Holden cf. Cic. "de Legg." iii. 20, S. 46;
"C. I. G." 3794.

[16] Lit. Phrourarch, "the commandant."

[17] Or, "Council" at Athens.

[18] Cf. "Hipparch." i. 8, 13.

Nor did my lessons end here (added he); I taught her that she must not
be annoyed should I seem to be enjoining upon her more trouble than upon
any of our domestics with regard to our possessions; pointing out to her
that these domestics have only so far a share in their master's chattels
that they must fetch and carry, tend and guard them; nor have they the
right to use a single one of them except the master grant it.