Perictione /ˌpɛrɪkˈtaɪəˌniː/ (Greek: Περικτιόνη Periktiónē; c. 450-365 BCE) was the mother of the Greek philosopher Plato. She was a descendant of Solon...
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however exploited in the philosopher's dialogues. Plato's mother was Perictione, whose family boasted of a relationship with the famous Athenian lawmaker...
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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...
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which is where Glaucon was born. His father, Ariston, and his mother, Perictione, had four children according to Diogenes Laërtius—Glaucon, Adeimantus...
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have been a descendant of two kings—Codrus and Melanthus. His mother was Perictione, descendant of Solon, a statesman credited with laying the foundations...
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permitted in Sweden. Ankhesenpepi II and her nephew Merenre Nemtyemsaf Perictione and her uncle, Pyrilampes Nahor, son of Terah and his niece, Milcah Jochebed...
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Dove Descending and Other Stories (1991) Xanthippic Dialogues (1993) Perictione in Colophon: Reflections of the Aesthetic Way of Life (2000) Notes from...
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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...
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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...
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300), Egyptian alchemist: 978 Paula (347–404 CE), Roman healer: 990 Perictione (5th century BCE), Greek philosopher, mother of Plato Panthea, Ancient...
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