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Perictione

500 BC - 400 BC

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Perictione (Ancient Greek: Περικτιόνη Periktiónē; c. 450-365 BCE) was the mother of the Greek philosopher Plato. She was a descendant of Solon, the Athenian lawgiver. Her illustrious family goes back to Dropides, archon of the year 644 b.c. She was married to Ariston, and had three sons (Glaucon, Adeimantus, and Plato) and a daughter (Potone). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Perictione is the 6,520th most popular politician (up from 7,088th in 2019), the 356th most popular biography from Greece (up from 382nd in 2019) and the 150th most popular Greek Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Perictione ranks 6,520 out of 19,576Before her are Jaime, Duke of Madrid, David VI of Georgia, Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro, John Parricida, and Viktor Chernov. After her are Urus Khan, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Injong of Goryeo, Nikos Christodoulides, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, and Lucius Licinius Crassus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Perictione ranks 38Before her are Perdiccas II of Macedon, Cleombrotus I, Marcus Manlius Capitolinus, Cratinus, Psammuthes, and Anytus. After her are Cebes, Pleistoanax, Inaros II, Hippo, Agatharchus, and Calamis. Among people deceased in 400 BC, Perictione ranks 14Before her are Phaedo of Elis, Eubulides, Alcamenes, Parysatis, Oxyartes, and Crateuas of Macedon. After her are Gan De, Cebes, Artakama, Erinna, Cephisodotus the Elder, and Philip of Opus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Perictione ranks 356 out of 1,024Before her are Nicos Poulantzas (1936), Michael Glykas (1125), Callimachus (-600), Diagoras of Melos (-450), Zoilus (-400), and Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423). After her are Aspasia Manos (1896), Lycophron (-320), Glaucus of Corinth (null), Cebes (-500), Alexis Tsipras (1974), and Aeschines of Sphettus (-430).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Perictione ranks 150Before her are Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (1965), Hypereides (-390), Alexander V of Macedon (-390), Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876), Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (-200), and Ali Rıza Efendi (1839). After her are Glaucus of Corinth (null), Alexis Tsipras (1974), Pleistoanax (-500), Ahmed Izzet Pasha (1864), Tiberius Claudius Narcissus (50), and Aratus of Sicyon (-271).