Plato: Demeanoia and The Tyrant

See here for the definition of demeanoia 

Socrates: And if indeed there are at least a few of this sort [tyrannical ethos] in a polity, and the others are a safe-minded multitude, they [the few] would egress and either act as spear-bearers to a tyrant or serve as mercenaries for remuneration if there was war somewhere. But if there is peace and quiet, and self is in the polity, they conduct a multitude of minor iniquitous acts.

Adeimantos: Indeed, declare what sort of things?

Socrates: Such as kleptocratic acts, excavating beneath walls, separating purses, seizing cloaks, sacrilege and enslavement. And when they are able to converse dynamically, they become sycophants, engaging in corruption and providing pseudo-testimony.

Adeimantos: Only minor iniquitous acts you assert, if they are few of such men.

Socrates: But minor relative to the mega. And minor are all these things, relative to a tyrant in iniquity and of a polity being assailed with misery. As it is commonly asserted, 'not even projected by the side'. For indeed, whenever a multitude of this sort is generated within a polity, with others accompanying them, and they perceive themselves as the multitude, then, these are the ones who, along with the foolishness of the population, will bring the tyrant into existence - that one, who, among themselves, self in self, has the most magnitude of tyrant in their soul.

Adeimantos: It is at least plausible that he would be the most tyrannical. 

Plato, The Republic IX 

New English Recensional Translation by The Editor of ClassicalPhilosophy.org, Chichester, England, 2025.