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Perictione
(dates unknown)
BIRTH
UNKNOWN
PLACE
Unknown
DEATH
UNKNOWN
PLACE
Unknown
FAMILY
MOTHER
Plato
(c. 428 BC-348 BC)
HUSBAND
Ariston of Athens
(dates unknown)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Ancient biographical tradition names Perictione as Plato’s mother and Ariston as his father. The testimony is late and sometimes inconsistent; no independently verified dates or profession can be assigned to her.
EARLY LIFE
The surviving tradition connects Perictione to an Athenian family and to Plato’s siblings Glaucon, Adeimantus, and Potone. Details of her childhood are not independently documented.
CAREER
DEATH
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
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