Antiphon brother of Plato

Antiphon (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίφῶν) was a man of ancient Greece who was the youngest brother of the philosopher Plato. His name the philosopher immortalized in his dialogue Parmenides.[1] The father of Plato's wife was likewise named Antiphon.[2]

Notes

  1. Plutarch, de Frat. Amor. p. 484f
  2. Plutarch, de Genio Socrat.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: William Smith (1870). "Antiphon". In Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 1. p. 207. 

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