For this reason, reproduction remains an important concept. Plato demonstrates this concept through the character of Socrates. For example, Socrates explains to Glaucon: "Behold! the human beings who live in an underground cave... [they] have their legs and necks chained... At the beginning, when some of them are freed and suddenly forced to stand up and turn his neck and walk and look towards the light, he will suffer sharp pains" (La Repubblica, The Allegory of the Cave). This quote explains the process of reproduction, which is the beginning of the cycle of life. pain is related to the habitual crying of a newborn soon after birth. Plato also describes the idea of ​​the antihero. This is observed when Socrates converses with Glaucon. For example, Socrates says: “I mean that they remain in the upper world: but this must not be allowed; they must be sent down again among the prisoners into the cave, and partake of their labors and their honors, whether they are worth it or not. "to have or not to have" (The Republic, The Allegory of the Cave). This passage implies that those a select few who have escaped the confinement of the cave must return to the cave, which represents the antihero's path, as the hero's path is away from maternal influence and the cave is a symbol of the mother Humanism, another aspect imperative of Greek culture, can be seen when Socrates addresses Glaucon,