The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Mother of Speusippus
Gender:
Female
Is:
Birth:
(Athens)
Residences
Classical Athens
Family:
Mother:
Perictione
Father:
Ariston of Athens
Siblings:
Glaucon
Adeimantus of Collytus
Antiphon
Plato
Spouse(s):
Eurymedon of Myrrhinus
Children:
Speusippus
The details
Biography
Potone (Greek: Πωτώνη Pōtónē or Ποτώνη Potónē; born before 427 BC) daughter of Ariston and Perictione, was Plato's older sister. Her mother was Perictione and she was born in Collytus, just outside Athens. She married Eurymedon of Myrrhinus, by whom she bore Speusippus.
Roger Scruton's mock Platonic dialogue, Perictione in Colophon, introduces a daughter of Potone, Perictione.