Introduction: Performance and the Second-Best City -- Marionettes of the Soul: Performance and the Psychology of Mousike in Plato's Laws -- The Chorus and the Critic: Literary Criticism, Theatrocracy, and the Performance of Philosophy -- Law's Genress: Hymns, Encomia, and the Remaking of Lament -- Unideal Genres and the Ideal City: Comedy, Threnody, Tragedy, and the Limits of the City Dancing -- Women's Statuses in Plato's Laws: Nature, Gender, Law, and the Performance of Citizenship -- Engenderring Harmony: Women's Songs in Plato's Laws -- Epilogue: Plato's Last Song: A Postlude on Law and the Preludes