 The religious language is lavish, and significant. No ordinary deeds are being excluded but ones that smell of sacred power. And Plato’s censorship will be complete. The city fathers running mimetic poetry out of town have broadened their scope from the young guardians’ education to the cultural life of a community. The literary representation of characters will receive no hearing anywhere. It is even doubtful whether the city will permit dramatic poems to circulate in written form. The poet has had to bring his writings with him, and he cannot get his foot in the door.