“Can we find a better than the traditional sort?---and this has two divisions, gymnastic for the body, and music for the soul” (119). Here Sophocles states that the teaching of the arts to the guardians is essential for a perfect society. As Diognetus, I am delighted to discover that there is another Greek who agrees with me, but, as Sophocles starts to say that some writers should be censored, God cannot change forms, music may not tell lies, and the style of speaking should be kept simple, my choice of plays are restricted and I start to question Sophocles’ ideas. First of all, Sophocles says, “the first thing will be to establish a censorship of the writers of fiction and let the censors receive any tale of fiction which is good, and reject