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Headword:
*xairefw=n
Adler number: chi,158
Translated headword: Chairephon, Chaerephon
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Athenian, from the deme Sphettos,[1] philosopher, disciple of Socrates.[2]
Greek Original:*xairefw=n: *)aqhnai=os, tw=n dh/mwn *sfh/ttios, filo/sofos, *swkra/tous a)kousth/s.
Notes:
See also
chi 159,
chi 160.
[1] For Sphettos see generally
sigma 1743,
sigma 1744.
[2] For Socrates see generally
sigma 829,
sigma 830.
Plato mentions Chaerephon a number of times in his works (especially in "Socratic" dialogues such as
Apology,
Charmides, and
Gorgias). In
Apology 20E-21A, for instance, the Platonic Socrates presents Chaerephon as his "friend from youth and a friend of the democratic majority". Chaerephon is the person who went to
Delphi to ask the oracle whether anyone was wiser than Socrates.
Plato describes Chaerephon like an “eager and impetuous person” (
Apology 21A) and like someone “disposed to madness” (
Charmides 153B).
Keywords: biography; geography; philosophy
Translated by: Joseph Wrightson on 29 April 2000@17:23:25.
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