Perictione

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Perictione is thought to be the Greek mother of Plato. She was a descendant of Solon, the Athenian lawgiver. She was married to Ariston, and had three sons—Glaucon, Adeimantus, and Plato—and a daughter, Potone. After Ariston's death, she remarried Pyrilampes, a friend of the Athenian statesman.

Helen Buss Mitchell describes Perictione as a Pythagorean and author of "On the Duties of a Woman". The latter can be found in English translation in Navon's The Pythagorean Writings:

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