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“Πλάτων: Ἀρίστωνος τοῦ Ἀριστοκλέους καὶ Περικτιόνης ... τὸ γένος ἑλκούσης ἀπὸ Σόλωνος ... ἐτέχθη δὲ ἐν Αἰγίνῃ ἐν τῇ πή Ὀλυμπιάδι, μετὰ τὰ προοίμια τοῦ Πελοποννησιακοῦ πολέμου. καὶ ἐβίω ἔτη β́ καὶ π́. τελευτᾷ δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς ρή Ὀλυμπιάδος ... καὶ τὰ μὲν πρῶτα γράμματα διδάσκεται παρά τινι Διονυσίῳ: ἐγυμνάσθη δὲ τὰ εἰς παλαίστραν παρ᾽ Ἀρίστωνι τῷ Ἀργείῳ: εἶτα μαθὼν ποιητικὴν γράφει διθυράμβους καὶ τραγῳδίας: ἀπογνοὺς δὲ τούτων ἐφιλοσόφησε παρὰ Σωκράτει ἐπὶ ἔτη κ́ ... τρὶς δὲ ἐν Σικελίᾳ Πλάτων ἦλθε πρὸς τοὺς τυράννους Διονυσίους: καὶ ἐπράθη ὑπὸ τοῦ τυράννου. ἐπρίατο δὲ αὐτὸν Ἀννίκερις Λίβυς καὶ ἀφῆκε. διέτριβε δὲ ἐν τῇ Ἀκαδημείᾳ παιδεύων: καὶ διεδέξαντο τὴν σχολὴν αὐτοῦ καθ᾽ ἕνα οἵδε, Σπεύσιππος, Ξενοκράτης, Πολέμων, Κράντωρ, Κράτης ... εἰσὶ δὲ οἱ γνήσιοι αὐτοῦ Διάλογοι πάντες νς´ ... ” Suid.
Elegy and Iambus. with an English Translation by. J. M. Edmonds. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 2.
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