Polemarchus

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Polemarchus is a historical Athenian philosopher and wealthy metic best known as an early interlocutor in Plato’s Republic, where he presents and defends a traditional view of justice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Athenian philosopher
character in a philosophical work
historical figure
interlocutor of Socrates
metic
appearsIn Plato's Republic
surface form: Plato’s Republic
associatedWith Athenian metic community
Cephalus’ household
citizenship resident alien in Athens
correctedBy Socrates’ argument that justice cannot harm anyone
culturalSphere Classical Greek philosophy
deathCause execution
deathEvent execution by the Thirty Tyrants
debatedBy Socrates in the Republic
dialoguePartner Adeimantus
Glaucon
Socrates
ethnicOrigin Syracusans
surface form: Syracusan
familyName son of Cephalus
father Cephalus
gender male
historicalRegion Classical Athens
hostOf Plato's Republic
surface form: Socrates in the Republic
houseLocation Piraeus
influencedBy Simonides of Ceos
knownFor being an early interlocutor in Plato’s Republic
defending a traditional view of justice
language Ancient Greek
literaryCharacterCreatedBy Plato
mentionedIn speeches of Lysias
surface form: Lysias’ speech Against Eratosthenes
nameInOriginalLanguage Πολέμαρχος
occupation philosopher
philosophicalPosition justice is helping friends and harming enemies
philosophicalTheme nature of justice
treatment of friends and enemies
politicalContextOfDeath regime of the Thirty Tyrants in Athens
portrayedAs defender of conventional morality
religion Greek polytheism
residence Athens
roleInWork interlocutor in the opening books of the Republic
sibling Euthydemus
Lysias
socialStatus wealthy metic
sourceForLife Lysias’ forensic speeches
Plato's Republic
surface form: Plato’s Republic
timePeriod 5th century BCE
Peloponnesian War
surface form: Peloponnesian War era

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Republic featuresCharacter Polemarchus
Plato's Republic featuresCharacter Polemarchus