ABSTRACT
No examination of sexuality in Plato's Magnesia, as outlined in the Laws, could approach the subject adequately without taking into account the important part that education plays in the formation of its citizens' sex roles. Plaw's innovations in pedagogy are extremely advanced by modern standards and this holds especially true when they are viewed in contrast with developmental psychology. One of the principal aims of the Athenian Stranger's educational programme is to encourage a type of psychological development along specific sexual lines. He has identified the ideal sex roles that his hypothetical subjects should adopt and designed a state-sponsored system of education in order to inculcate these from the earliest possible age.
