I'm currently reading Plato's Republic, I'm about half way through the 4th book

I'm currently reading Plato's Republic, I'm about half way through the 4th book

I'm currently reading Plato's Republic, I'm about half way through the 4th book at the moment. My problem is that generally I find that it seems to be more of a historical relection of ancient Greece than a philosophical one. So my question is, are the dialogues of Plato still of philosophical relevance today? And if so should someone with no formal training in philosophy approach them, without discarding the vast majority of the content as irrelevant?

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