Perictione
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Perictione ( Periktiónē; ) was the mother of the Greek philosopher Plato.
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Perictione ( Periktiónē; ) was the mother of the Greek philosopher Plato.
She was a descendant of Solon, the Athenian lawgiver. Her illustrious family goes back to Dropides, archon of the year 644 b.c. She was married to Ariston, and had three sons (Glaucon, Adeimantus, and Plato) and a daughter (Potone). After Ariston's death, she remarried Pyrilampes, an Athenian statesman and her uncle. She had her fifth child, Antiphon, with Pyrilampes. Antiphon appears in Plato's Parmenides.
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