Polemarchus

Polemarchus

Polemarchus (d. 404 BC) was the son of Cephalus of Syracuse. He had two brothers, Lysias and Euthydemus, and a sister who married Brachyllus. Polemarchus and Lysias traveled to Thurii when the latter was 15 years old.

Polemarchus was an Athenian philosopher and like his brother, singled out by the Thirty Tyrants for being a wealthy metic. Unlike his brother, he did not manage to escape and was executed. Melobius, one of the Thirty Tyrants, snatched the golden earrings from Polemarchus' wife. After Polemarchus' death, the Thirty forbade his family from holding a funeral in any of their houses.

Plato's Republic is set at Polemarchus' house in the Piraeus, which was located next to their shield manufacturing store that employed 120 skilled slaves. Polemarchus himself speaks briefly in Book 1 of the Republic.

References

* Lysias, 12.17-19
* Plato, Phaedrus, 257b
* Plato, Republic


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • POLEMARCHUS — I. POLEMARCHUS apud Athenienses dictus est qui belli praefectus erat, et aderat regibus, ut Pausanias indicat., l. 1. cum scribit Erechtheum regem lone Zuthi filiô in bello Eleusinio Polemarchô usum esse. Munus eius tempore pacis fuit ius inter… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Lysias — (Greek: Λυσίας) (born ca. 445 BC; died ca. 380 BC) was an Attic orator.LifeAccording to Dionysius of Halicarnassus and the author of the life ascribed to Plutarch, Lysias was born in 459 BC, which would accord with a tradition that Lysias reached …   Wikipedia

  • Lysias — /lis ee euhs/, n. c450 c380 B.C., Athenian orator. * * * born с 445 died с 380 BC Greek orator. He was a metic (resident foreigner) in Athens, and as such he was forbidden to speak as a Roman citizen; all his speeches were delivered by others. He …   Universalium

  • The Republic (Plato) — The Republic   Author(s) Plato …   Wikipedia

  • mareschal — Mareschal, m. acut. Qu aucuns escrivent et prononcent Marchal, Faber ferrarius. Medecin de chevaux et d autres grosses bestes, comme un mareschal, Veterinarius, Cteniatrus. Conestable, ou Mareschal, Tribunus celerum. Le mareschal du camp,… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Cephalus — and Eos, by Nicolas Poussin (circa 1630) Cephalus (Greek: Κέφαλος Kephalos) is an Ancient Greek name, used both for the hero figure in Greek mythology and carried as a theophoric name by historical persons. The word kephalos is Greek for head ,… …   Wikipedia

  • Bendis — also see Brian Michael Bendis Bendis was a Thracian goddess of the moon and the hunt [ [http://www.theoi.com/Thrakios/Bendis.html BENDIS : Thracian goddess of the moon hunting ; mythology ; pictures ] ] whom the Greeks identified with Artemis,… …   Wikipedia

  • Thirty Tyrants — The Thirty Tyrants ( el. 30 τύραννοι or el. οἱ Τριάκοντα) were a pro Spartan oligarchy installed in Athens after its defeat in the Peloponnesian War in April 404 BC. Contemporary Athenians referred to them simply as the oligarchy or the Thirty ;… …   Wikipedia

  • Carneades — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = Ancient philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Carneades, Roman copy after the sit statue exhibited on the agora of Athens, ca. 150 BC, Glyptothek name = Carneades birth = ca. 214 BC,… …   Wikipedia

  • Thrasymachus — (Θρασύμαχος) (ca. 459 400 BCE) was a sophist of Ancient Greece best known as a character in Plato s Republic . The Historical ThrasymachusThrasymachus was a citizen of Chalcedon, on the Bosphorus. His career appears to have been spent as a… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”