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Sophroniscus

（*Swfroni/skos), of Athens, the father of the celebrated Socrates, is described by the ancient Greek writers as λιθουργός, λιθοξόος, λιθογλύφος, ἑρμογλύφος, terms which undoubtedly signify a sculptor in marble, and not, as Hemsterhusius and others have supposed, merely a mason. (D. L. 2.18; Lucian, Somn. 12, vol. i. p. 18; comp. Hemsterh. ad loc. ; Schol. ad Aristoph. Cl. 773 ; V. Max. 3.4, ext. 1 ; Thiersch, Epochen, p. 125.) He must have flourished about B. C. 470, and have belonged to the old Attic school, which preceded that of Pheidias, and to a family of Athenian artists, for Socrates is frequently represented, both by Xenophon and Plato, as tracing his descent from Daedalus. (Comp. SOCRATES, p. 847b, p. 856a; DAEDALUS, p. 928b.) No works of Sophroniscus are mentioned.

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William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. In the article on Soranus, we find: "at this present time (1848)" and this date seems to reflect the dates of works cited. 1873 - probably the printing date.

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