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Socrates lived in Athens, between the years 470 and 399 B.C.
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Platos mother was Perictíone, whose family boasted of a relationship with the famous Athenian lawmaker and lyric poet Solon.
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Platos mother was Perictíone, whose family boasted of a relationship with the famous Athenian lawmaker and lyric poet Solon. [27] Perictíone was the sister of Cármides and niece of Crítias, both prominent figures at the time of the Tyranny of the Thirty, the brief oligarchy that followed on the collapse of Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War (404–403 BC). [28] In addition to Plato himself, Aristan and Perictíone had three other children: Adimanto, Glaucão and a daughter, Potone, Espeusipos mother (then Platos nephew and successor as head of his Academy). [28] According to The Republic, Adimanto and Glaucão were older than Plato. [29] However, in Memorabilia, Xenophon presents Glaucon as being younger than Plato. [30]
Aristan [31] appears to have died in Platos childhood, although the exact date of his death is unknown [32]. Perictíone then married Perilampes, his mothers brother [33] who had served many times as ambassador to the Persian court and was a friend of Pericles, leader of the democratic faction in Athens. [34]
In contrast to his reticence about himself, Plato often introduced his illustrious relatives into his dialogues, or referred to them with some precision: Carmides has a dialogue with his name; Critias speaks in both Carmides and Protagoras; and Adimanto and Glaucão have important passages in A República. [35] These and other references suggest a considerable amount of family pride and allow us to reconstruct Platos family tree. According to Burnet, "the opening scene of Carmides is a glorification of the whole [family] bond ... Platos dialogues are not only a memorial to Socrates, but also about the happiest days of his own family." [ 36].
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Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) was an important Greek philosopher.