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Eurymedon of Myrrhinus

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Eurymedon /jʊəˈrɪmɪdɒn/ of Myrrhinus /ˈmɪrɪnəs/ (Greek: Εὐρυμέδων Μυρρινούσιος) married Plato's sister, Potone.[1] He was the father of Speusippus and was potentially the grandson of the elder Eurymedon. [2] His property was adjacent to that of Plato, and he is referred to as the executor of Plato's will. [3] Eurymedon is speculated to have been the grandson of an elder Eurymedon. Additionally, there is a possibility that he was the son of Speusippus. [4]

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  1. ^ Diogenes Laërtius, iii. 43
  2. ^ Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 1.
  3. ^ Diogenes Laërtius, iii. 42, 43
  4. ^ Nails, 2002. p. 272, 337

References

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  •  Laërtius, Diogenes (1925). "Plato" . Lives of the Eminent Philosophers. Vol. 1:3. Translated by Hicks, Robert Drew (Two volume ed.). Loeb Classical Library.
  •  Laërtius, Diogenes (1925). "The Academics: Speusippus" . Lives of the Eminent Philosophers. Vol. 1:4. Translated by Hicks, Robert Drew (Two volume ed.). Loeb Classical Library.
  • Debra Nails. The people of Plato: a prosopography of Plato and other Socratics (2002). p. 272, 337.