Potone
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Potone daughter of Ariston and Perictione
, was Plato
's older sister. Her mother was Perictione
and she was born in Collytus, just outside of Athens. She married Eurymedon of Myrrhinus
, by whom she bore Speusippus
and a daughter.
Perictione
Perictione or Periktione was the mother of the Greek philosopher Plato.She was a descendant of Solon, the Athenian lawgiver. 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...
, was Plato
Plato
Plato , was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the...
's older sister. Her mother was Perictione
Perictione
Perictione or Periktione was the mother of the Greek philosopher Plato.She was a descendant of Solon, the Athenian lawgiver. 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...
and she was born in Collytus, just outside of Athens. She married Eurymedon of Myrrhinus
Eurymedon of Myrrhinus
Eurymedon of Myrrhinus married Plato's sister, Potone. He was the father of Speusippus.The "Eurymedon of Myrrhinus" whose property bordered that of Plato's, and is mentioned as an executor of Plato's will, was probably the grandson of the elder Eurymedon, and may have been the son of Speusippus....
, by whom she bore Speusippus
Speusippus
Speusippus was an ancient Greek philosopher. Speusippus was Plato's nephew by his sister Potone. After Plato's death, Speusippus inherited the Academy and remained its head for the next eight years. However, following a stroke, he passed the chair to Xenocrates. Although the successor to Plato...
and a daughter.