Philosophy:List of speakers in Plato's dialogues
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The following is a list of the speakers found in the dialogues traditionally ascribed to Plato, including extensively quoted, indirect and conjured speakers. Dialogues, as well as Platonic Epistles and Epigrams, in which these individuals appear dramatically but do not speak are listed separately.
| Name | Speaker | Mentioned |
|---|---|---|
| Adeimantus of Collytus, son of Ariston | Parmenides, Republic | Apology |
| Agathon of Athens, son of Tisamenus | Symposium | Protagoras; Epigram 6 |
| Alcibiades of Scambonidae, son of Clinias | Alcibiades, II Alcibiades, Protagoras, Symposium | Euthydemus, Gorgias |
| Antiphon of Athens, son of Pyrilampes | Parmenides | |
| Anytus of Euonymon, son of Anthemion | Meno | Apology |
| Apollodorus of Phalerum | Symposium | Apology, Phaedo |
| Aristides of Alopece, son of Lysimachus | Laches, Theages | Theaetetus |
| Aristodemus of Cydathenaeum | Symposium | |
| Aristophanes of Cydathenaeum, son of Philippus | Symposium | Apology; Epigram 18 |
| Aristotle of Thorae, son of Timocrates | Parmenides | |
| Aspasia of Miletus, daughter of Axiochus | Menexenus | |
| Axiochus of Scambonidae, son of Alcibiades | Axiochus | Euthydemus |
| Callias of Alopece, son of Hipponicus | Apology, Protagoras | Axiochus, Cratylus, Eryxias, Philebus, Protagoras, Theaetetus |
| Callicles of Acharnae | Gorgias | |
| Cebes of Thebes | Phaedo | Crito; Epistle XIII |
| Cephalus of Clazomenae | Parmenides | |
| Cephalus of Syracuse, son of Lysanias | Republic | Phaedrus |
| Chaerephon of Sphettus | Charmides, Gorgias, Halcyon | Apology |
| Charmides of Athens, son of Glaucon | Charmides, Theages | Axiochus, Protagoras, Symposium |
| Clinias of Cnossos | Epinomis, Laws | |
| Clinias of Scambonidae, son of Axiochus[1] | Axiochus, Euthydemus | |
| Clitophon of Athens, son of Aristonymus | Clitophon, Republic | |
| Cratylus of Athens, son of Smicrion | Cratylus | |
| Critias of Athens, son of Callaeschrus[2] | Charmides, Protagoras | Eryxias |
| Critias of Athens, son of Leaides[2] | Critias, Timaeus | |
| Crito of Alopece | Crito, Euthydemus, Phaedo | Apology |
| Ctesippus of Paeania | Euthydemus, Lysis | Phaedo |
| Demodocus of Anagyrus | Theages | Apology, Demodocus |
| Dionysodorus of Chios and Thurii | Euthydemus | |
| Diotima of Mantinea | Symposium | |
| Echecrates of Phlius | Phaedo | |
| Erasistratus of Athens | Eryxias | |
| Eryxias of Steiria | Eryxias | |
| Eryximachus of Athens, son of Acumenus | Symposium | Phaedrus, Protagoras |
| Euclides of Megara | Theaetetus | Phaedo |
| Eudicus of Athens, son of Apemantus | (Lesser) Hippias | (Greater) Hippias |
| Euthydemus of Chios and Thurii | Euthydemus | Cratylus |
| Euthyphro of Prospalta | Euthyphro | Cratylus |
| Glaucon of Collytus, son of Ariston | Parmenides, Republic, Symposium[3] | |
| Gorgias of Leontini, son of Charmantides | Gorgias | Apology, (Greater) Hippias, Meno, Phaedrus, Philebus, Symposium, Theages |
| Hermocrates of Syracuse, son of Hermon | Critias, Timaeus | |
| Hermogenes of Alopece, son of Hipponicus | Cratylus | Phaedo |
| Hippias of Elis, son of Diopeithes | (Greater) Hippias, (Lesser) Hippias, Protagoras | Apology, Phaedrus, Protagoras |
| Hippocrates of Athens, son of Apollodorus | Protagoras | |
| Hippothales of Athens, son of Hieronymus | Lysis | |
| Ion of Ephesus | Ion | |
| Laches of Aexone, son of Melanopus | Laches | Symposium |
| Lysias of Thurii and Athens, son of Cephalus | Phaedrus | Clitophon, Phaedrus, Republic |
| Lysimachus of Alopece, son of Aristides | Laches | Meno, On Virtue, Theaetetus, Theages |
| Lysis of Aexone, son of Democrates | Lysis | |
| Megillus of Sparta | Laws | Epinomis |
| Melesias of Alopece, son of Thucydides | Laches | Meno, On Virtue, Theages |
| Meletus of Pithus, son of Meletus | Apology | Euthyphro, Theaetetus |
| Menexenus of Athens, son of Demophon | Lysis, Menexenus | Phaedo |
| Meno of Pharsalus, son of Alexidemus[4] | Meno | |
| Nicias of Cydantidae, son of Niceratus | Laches | Gorgias, Republic, Theages |
| Parmenides of Elea, son of Pyres | Parmenides | Sophist, Symposium, Theaetetus |
| Pausanias of Cerameis | Symposium | Protagoras |
| Phaedo of Elis | Phaedo | |
| Phaedrus of Myrrhinus, son of Pythocles | Phaedrus, Symposium | Protagoras; Epigram 4 |
| Philebus | Philebus | |
| Polemarchus of Thurii, son of Cephalus | Republic | Phaedrus |
| Polus of Acragas | Gorgias | Phaedrus, Theages |
| Prodicus of Ceos | Eryxias, Protagoras | Apology, Axiochus, Charmides, Cratylus, Eryxias, Euthydemus, (Greater) Hippias, Laches, Phaedrus, Protagoras, Republic, Symposium, Theaetetus, Theages |
| Protagoras of Abdera | Protagoras, Theaetetus | Cratylus, Euthydemus, (Greater) Hippias, Laws, Phaedrus, Republic, Sophist, Theaetetus |
| Protarchus of Athens, son of Callias | Philebus | |
| Pythodorus of Athens, son of Isolochus | Parmenides | Alcibiades |
| Simmias of Thebes | Phaedo | Crito, Phaedrus; Epistle XIII |
| Sisyphus of Pharsalus[5] | Sisyphus | |
| Socrates of Alopece, son of Sophroniscus | Dialogues of Plato | Epistles II, VII, XIII |
| Socrates of Athens | Statesman | Sophist, Theaetetus; Epistle XI[6] |
| Terpsion of Megara | Theaetetus | Phaedo |
| Theaetetus of Sunium, son of Euphronius | Sophist, Theaetetus | Statesman |
| Theages of Anagyrus, son of Demodocus | Theages | Apology, Republic |
| Theodorus of Cyrene | Sophist, Statesman, Theaetetus | |
| Thrasymachus of Chalcedon | Republic | Clitophon, Phaedrus |
| Thucydides of Alopece, son of Melesias | Laches | Theages |
| Timaeus of Locri Epizephyrii | Critias, Timaeus | |
| Timarchus | Theages | |
| Xanthippe, wife of Socrates of Alopece | Phaedo | Halcyon; Epigram 8[7] |
| Zeno of Elea | Parmenides | Alcibiades, Sophist |
- Unnamed speakers
| Name | Mentioned |
|---|---|
| Callias' slave | Protagoras |
| Euclides' slave | Theaetetus |
| Meno's slave of Pharsalus | Meno |
| Polemarchus' slave | Republic |
| Public slave | Phaedo |
| Stranger from Athens | Epinomis, Laws |
| Stranger from Elea | Sophist, Statesman |
| Unnamed friends | Eryxias, Hipparchus, Minos, On Justice,[1] On Virtue,[4] Protagoras, Rival Lovers, Symposium |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A small minority of manuscript traditions name Clinias as the anonymous speaker in On Justice: D. S. Hutchinson in Cooper, p. 1689.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Scholars are divided as to whether the Critias depicted in the Timaeus and Critias dialogues is the future member of the Thirty Tyrants who appears elsewhere in Plato's writing (Critias IV), or rather his grandfather (Critias III): Nails, 106–7.
- ↑ Not all scholars are convinced that the Glaucon mentioned in Symposium is Plato's brother.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A small minority of manuscript traditions name either Meno or the otherwise unknown Hippotrophus as the anonymous speaker in On Virtue: D. S. Hutchinson in Cooper, p. 1694.
- ↑ Sisyphus of Pharsalus lived in the time of Plato, and thus is to be distinguished from the Sisyphus of Corinth in mythology: Cooper, p. 1707.
- ↑ The identity of the Socrates named in Epistle XI is unknown, but is considered by some scholars to be that of the young Socrates of the Statesman trilogy: Cooper, p. 1672.
- ↑ Scholars are unsure as to whether Epigram 8 is intended to reference Socrates' wife Xanthippe or another individual by the same name: Cooper, p. 1742.
Bibliography
- Debra Nails. The People of Plato: A Prosopography of Plato and Other Socratics. Hackett Publishing, 2002. ISBN:0-87220-564-9.
- Plato. Complete Works. Ed: John M. Cooper. Hackett Publishing, 1997.
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