• 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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    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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  • 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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  • avunculate marriage, but also half-subling marriage is permitted in Sweden. 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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  • Taylor & Francis. p. 310. ISBN 9781351722179. Scruton, Roger (2000). Perictione in Colophon: Reflections on the Aesthetic Way of Life. University of Michigan...
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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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  • Dove Descending and Other Stories (1991) Xanthippic Dialogues (1993) Perictione in Colophon (2000) Notes from Underground (2014) The Disappeared (2015)...
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  • utterance Performative utterances Performatives Performativity Performing art Perictione Peripatetic axiom Peripatetic school Peripatetics Peripatos Peritrope...
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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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  • Buenos Aires. Arella, Felipe Rodolfo (17 January 2023), "Las hijas de Perictione", Economía Solidaria (in Spanish), retrieved 2023-09-07 Oller, Carlos...
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  • Critias and Alcibiades. Critias was reportedly related to Plato's mother, Perictione. Following the war, he became a leading member of the ruthless oligarchic...
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    Plato was taken to a spot on Mount Hymettus by his parents Ariston and Perictione. His parents performed sacrifices on his behalf to Pan, Apollo, the Muses...
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  • the Younger Pericles with the Corinthian helmet Periclymenus Periclytus Perictione Perieres Perieres of Messenia Perikeiromene Perileos Perimede Perimedes...
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  • philosopher Plato. Born between 423 BCE and 413 BCE to Plato's mother Perictione and her second husband, Pyrilampes, he is referenced in the dialogue Parmenides...
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  • Patro the Epicurean - Paulus Persa - Pelagius - Peregrinus Proteus - Perictione - Peripatetic school - Peritrope - Persaeus - Personal life of Marcus...
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    Butler (Tanimber Group) C. p. bolana Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Kai Island) C. p. perictione Felder, 1865 (Aru) C. p. wallaceana (C. & R. Felder, 1865) (Waigeu) C...
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