Potone
Potone (Greek: Πωτώνη Pōtónē or Ποτώνη Potónē; born before 427 BC) daughter of Ariston and Perictione, was Plato's older sister.[1] Her mother was Perictione and she was born in Collytus, just outside Athens. She married Eurymedon of Myrrhinus, by whom she bore Speusippus.[2]
Roger Scruton's mock Platonic dialogue, Perictione in Colophon, introduces a daughter of Potone, Perictione.
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References
Laërtius, Diogenes (1925). "unknown chapter: Life of Plato ". Lives of the Eminent Philosophers. Translated by Hicks, Robert Drew (Two volume ed.). Loeb Classical Library.- Laërtius, Diogenes (1925). "The Academics: Speusippus". Lives of the Eminent Philosophers. 1:4. Translated by Hicks, Robert Drew (Two volume ed.). Loeb Classical Library.
- Scruton, Roger (2000). Perictione in Colophon. South Bend, Indiana: St Augustine's Press. ISBN 1890318590.
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