Pyrilampes
Pyrilampes (
philosopher Plato. His dates of birth and death are unknown, but Debra Nails estimates he must have been born after 480 BC and died before 413 BC.[1]
Career
Pyrilampes served many times as an ambassador to the
peacocks, gifts he had received on his Asian embassies. Plutarch states accusations against Pyrilampes, according to which he used the peacocks to procure freeborn women for Pericles.[4]
Personal life
Pyrilampes appears to have married his first wife in the late 440s;Parmenides in which he is said to have given up philosophy to devote most of his time to horses.[6]
Citations
References
- Aristophanes. – via Wikisource. See original text in Perseus program.
- Nails, Debra (2002). "Pyrilampes". The People of Plato: A Prosopography of Plato and Other Socratics. Hackett Publishing. ISBN 0-872-20564-9.
- Plato. . Translated by Benjamin Jowett – via Wikisource.. See original text in Perseus program.
- Plato (1871). . Translated by Benjamin Jowett – via Wikisource. See original text in Perseus program.
- Plato (1871). . Translated by Benjamin Jowett – via Wikisource. See original text in Perseus program.
- Plutarch. . Lives. Translated by John Dryden – via Wikisource. See original text in Perseus program.
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