List of speakers in Plato's dialogues
The following is a list of the speakers found in the dialogues traditionally ascribed to Plato , including extensively quoted, indirect and conjured speakers. Dialogues, as well as Platonic Epistles and Epigrams , in which these individuals appear dramatically but do not speak are listed separately.
List
Name
Speaker
Mentioned
Adeimantus of Collytus , son of Ariston
Parmenides , Republic
Apology
Agathon of Athens , son of Tisamenus
Symposium
Protagoras ; Epigram 6
Alcibiades of Scambonidae , son of Clinias
Alcibiades , II Alcibiades , Protagoras , Symposium
Euthydemus , Gorgias
Antiphon of Athens , son of Pyrilampes
Parmenides
Anytus of Euonymon , son of Anthemion
Meno
Apology
Apollodorus of Phalerum
Symposium
Apology , Phaedo
Aristides of Alopece , son of Lysimachus
Laches , Theages
Theaetetus
Aristodemus of Cydathenaeum
Symposium
Aristophanes of Cydathenaeum , son of Philippus
Symposium
Apology ; Epigram 18
Aristotle of Thorae , son of Timocrates
Parmenides
Aspasia of Miletus , daughter of Axiochus
Menexenus
Axiochus of Scambonidae , son of Alcibiades
Axiochus
Euthydemus
Callias of Alopece , son of Hipponicus
Apology , Protagoras
Axiochus , Cratylus , Eryxias , Philebus , Protagoras , Theaetetus
Callicles of Acharnae
Gorgias
Cebes of Thebes
Phaedo
Crito ; Epistle XIII
Cephalus of Clazomenae
Parmenides
Cephalus of Syracuse , son of Lysanias
Republic
Phaedrus
Chaerephon of Sphettus
Charmides , Gorgias , Halcyon
Apology
Charmides of Athens , son of Glaucon
Charmides , Theages
Axiochus , Protagoras , Symposium
Clinias of Cnossos
Epinomis , Laws
Clinias of Scambonidae , son of Axiochus [1]
Axiochus , Euthydemus
Clitophon of Athens , son of Aristonymus
Clitophon , Republic
Cratylus of Athens , son of Smicrion
Cratylus
Critias of Athens , son of Callaeschrus[2]
Charmides , Protagoras
Eryxias
Critias of Athens , son of Leaides[2]
Critias , Timaeus
Crito of Alopece
Crito , Euthydemus , Phaedo
Apology
Ctesippus of Paeania
Euthydemus , Lysis
Phaedo
Demodocus of Anagyrus
Theages
Apology , Demodocus
Dionysodorus of Chios and Thurii
Euthydemus
Diotima of Mantinea
Symposium
Echecrates of Phlius
Phaedo
Erasistratus of Athens
Eryxias
Eryxias of Steiria
Eryxias
Eryximachus of Athens , son of Acumenus
Symposium
Phaedrus , Protagoras
Euclides of Megara
Theaetetus
Phaedo
Eudicus of Athens , son of Apemantus
(Lesser) Hippias
(Greater) Hippias
Euthydemus of Chios and Thurii
Euthydemus
Cratylus
Euthyphro of Prospalta
Euthyphro
Cratylus
Glaucon of Collytus , son of Ariston
Parmenides , Republic , Symposium [3]
Gorgias of Leontini , son of Charmantides
Gorgias
Apology , (Greater) Hippias , Meno , Phaedrus , Philebus , Symposium , Theages
Hermocrates of Syracuse , son of Hermon
Critias , Timaeus
Hermogenes of Alopece , son of Hipponicus
Cratylus
Phaedo
Hippias of Elis , son of Diopeithes
(Greater) Hippias , (Lesser) Hippias , Protagoras
Apology , Phaedrus , Protagoras
Hippocrates of Athens , son of Apollodorus
Protagoras
Hippothales of Athens , son of Hieronymus
Lysis
Ion of Ephesus
Ion
Laches of Aexone , son of Melanopus
Laches
Symposium
Lysias of Thurii and Athens , son of Cephalus
Phaedrus
Clitophon , Phaedrus , Republic
Lysimachus of Alopece , son of Aristides
Laches
Meno , On Virtue , Theaetetus , Theages
Lysis of Aexone , son of Democrates
Lysis
Megillus of Sparta
Laws
Epinomis
Melesias of Alopece , son of Thucydides
Laches
Meno , On Virtue , Theages
Meletus of Pithus , son of Meletus
Apology
Euthyphro , Theaetetus
Menexenus of Athens , son of Demophon
Lysis , Menexenus
Phaedo
Meno of Pharsalus , son of Alexidemus[4]
Meno
Nicias of Cydantidae , son of Niceratus
Laches
Gorgias , Republic , Theages
Parmenides of Elea , son of Pyres
Parmenides
Sophist , Symposium , Theaetetus
Pausanias of Cerameis
Symposium
Protagoras
Phaedo of Elis
Phaedo
Phaedrus of Myrrhinus , son of Pythocles
Phaedrus , Symposium
Protagoras ; Epigram 4
Philebus
Philebus
Polemarchus of Thurii , son of Cephalus
Republic
Phaedrus
Polus of Acragas
Gorgias
Phaedrus , Theages
Prodicus of Ceos
Eryxias , Protagoras
Apology , Axiochus , Charmides , Cratylus , Eryxias , Euthydemus , (Greater) Hippias , Laches , Phaedrus , Protagoras , Republic , Symposium , Theaetetus , Theages
Protagoras of Abdera
Protagoras , Theaetetus
Cratylus , Euthydemus , (Greater) Hippias , Laws , Phaedrus , Republic , Sophist , Theaetetus
Protarchus of Athens , son of Callias
Philebus
Pythodorus of Athens , son of Isolochus
Parmenides
Alcibiades
Simmias of Thebes
Phaedo
Crito , Phaedrus ; Epistle XIII
Sisyphus of Pharsalus [5]
Sisyphus
Socrates of Alopece , son of Sophroniscus
Dialogues of Plato
Epistles II , VII , XIII
Socrates of Athens
Statesman
Sophist , Theaetetus ; Epistle XI [6]
Terpsion of Megara
Theaetetus
Phaedo
Theaetetus of Sunium , son of Euphronius
Sophist , Theaetetus
Statesman
Theages of Anagyrus , son of Demodocus
Theages
Apology , Republic
Theodorus of Cyrene
Sophist , Statesman , Theaetetus
Thrasymachus of Chalcedon
Republic
Clitophon , Phaedrus
Thucydides of Alopece , son of Melesias
Laches
Theages
Timaeus of Locri Epizephyrii
Critias , Timaeus
Timarchus
Theages
Xanthippe , wife of Socrates of Alopece
Phaedo
Halcyon ; Epigram 8 [7]
Zeno of Elea
Parmenides
Alcibiades , Sophist
Unnamed speakers
Notes
^ a b A small minority of manuscript traditions name Clinias as the anonymous speaker in On Justice : D. S. Hutchinson in Cooper, p. 1689.
^ a b Scholars are divided as to whether the Critias depicted in the Timaeus and Critias dialogues is the future member of the Thirty Tyrants who appears elsewhere in Plato's writing (Critias IV ), or rather his grandfather (Critias III): Nails, 106–7.
^ Not all scholars are convinced that the Glaucon mentioned in Symposium is Plato's brother.
^ a b A small minority of manuscript traditions name either Meno or the otherwise unknown Hippotrophus as the anonymous speaker in On Virtue : D. S. Hutchinson in Cooper, p. 1694.
^ Sisyphus of Pharsalus lived in the time of Plato, and thus is to be distinguished from the Sisyphus of Corinth in mythology: Cooper, p. 1707.
^ The identity of the Socrates named in Epistle XI is unknown, but is considered by some scholars to be that of the young Socrates of the Statesman trilogy: Cooper, p. 1672.
^ Scholars are unsure as to whether Epigram 8 is intended to reference Socrates' wife Xanthippe or another individual by the same name: Cooper, p. 1742.
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