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Alcibiades I
Plato · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordOne of the wise men with whom Pericles is said to have associated; the dative is governed by the verb of keeping company.
- In Alcibiades IAlcibiades names Pythocleides first when defending the possibility that Pericles is wise.
- In this editionThe supplied note identifies Pythocleides as a music teacher, citing Plutarch.
- A place to readAlcibiades includes him in Pericles’ intellectual associations.
Meaning
One of the wise men with whom Pericles is said to have associated; the dative is governed by the verb of keeping company.
Use in the book
Alcibiades names Pythocleides first when defending the possibility that Pericles is wise. His point is that Pericles did not become wise spontaneously: he sought the company of wise people. The list strengthens the distinction between inherited eminence and acquired formation, but Socrates immediately changes the evidential direction by asking whether Pericles can in turn educate anyone else. Pythocleides does not appear as a speaker and receives no doctrine or individualized teaching in this dialogue.
Places to read
- 118cAlcibiades includes him in Pericles’ intellectual associations.
Translation in this edition
The supplied note identifies Pythocleides as a music teacher, citing Plutarch. That specialization is note-level background; the dialogue itself calls the listed associates wise.
Πυθοκλείδης
Attested: Πυθοκλείδῃ (pythokleidēi; 118c). Pythocleides, a wise associate of Pericles. Lexical identification: lemma: Πυθοκλείδης. See Pythocleides.
Source note
The supplied edition, note 30 on 118c, cites Plutarch, Pericles 4–6 for the identities and intellectual fields of the three named associates.