These ought to have been spoken of before; for no man can marry a wife, and have slaves, who has not a house for them to live in.

Let us supply the omission.

The temples should be placed round the Agora, and the city built in a circle on the heights.

Near the temples, which are holy places and the habitations of the Gods, should be buildings for the magistrates, and the courts of law, including those in which capital offences are to be tried.

As to walls, Megillus, I agree with Sparta that they should sleep in the earth; 'cold steel is the best wall,' as the poet finely says.