Perictione /ˌpɛrɪkˈtaɪəˌniː/ (Greek: Περικτιόνη Periktiónē; c. 450-365 BCE) was the mother of the Greek philosopher Plato. She was a descendant of Solon...

however exploited in the philosopher's dialogues. Plato's mother was Perictione, whose family boasted of a relationship with the famous Athenian lawmaker...

late-Pythagorean period. These include Perictione I, Perictione II, Aesara of Lucania and Phintys of Sparta. Scholars believe that Perictione I was an Athenian and contemporary...

which is where Glaucon was born. His father, Ariston, and his mother, Perictione, had four children according to Diogenes Laërtius—Glaucon, Adeimantus...

have been a descendant of two kings—Codrus and Melanthus. His mother was Perictione, descendant of Solon, a statesman credited with laying the foundations...

permitted in Sweden. Ankhesenpepi II and her nephew Merenre Nemtyemsaf Perictione and her uncle, Pyrilampes Nahor, son of Terah and his niece, Milcah Jochebed...

Dove Descending and Other Stories (1991) Xanthippic Dialogues (1993) Perictione in Colophon: Reflections of the Aesthetic Way of Life (2000) Notes from...

Buenos Aires. Arella, Felipe Rodolfo (17 January 2023), "Las hijas de Perictione", Economía Solidaria (in Spanish), retrieved 2023-09-07 Oller, Carlos...

Pyrilampes was widowed and so was free to marry his niece, Perictione, Plato's mother. Perictione gave birth to Pyrilampes' second son, Antiphon, the half-brother...

third-century AD Christian theologian Origen retells a legend that Plato's mother Perictione had virginally conceived him after the god Apollo had appeared to her...