Eurymedon of Myrrhinus

Eurymedon /jʊəˈrɪmɪdɒn/ of Myrrhinus /ˈmɪrɪnəs/ (Greek: Εὐρυμέδων Μυρρινούσιος) married Plato's sister, Potone.^[1] He was the father of Speusippus.^[1]

The "Eurymedon of Myrrhinus" whose property bordered that of Plato's,^[2] and is mentioned as an executor of Plato's will,^[3] was probably the grandson of the elder Eurymedon, and may have been the son of Speusippus.^[4]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 1
^ Diogenes Laërtius, iii. 42
^ Diogenes Laërtius, iii. 43
^ Debra Nails, (2002), The people of Plato: a prosopography of Plato and other Socratics, pages 272, 337. Hackett

References

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.

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[laertius1-1] Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 1

[2] Diogenes Laërtius, iii. 42

[3] Diogenes Laërtius, iii. 43

[4] Debra Nails, (2002), The people of Plato: a prosopography of Plato and other Socratics, pages 272, 337. Hackett

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