Apemantus
historical figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
your father
in the texts
Greater Hippias
Father of Eudicus, named only in passing.
for Eudicus, the son of Apemantus, asked me to do so.
Lesser Hippias
Eudicus's father, whose opinion about the Iliad and Odyssey Socrates recalls.
For I used to hear your father Apemantus say that Homer’s Iliad was a finer poem than the Odyssey, and just as much finer as Achilles was finer than Odysseus for he said that one of these poems was made with Odysseus;
And I might fairly call upon you also, son of Apemantus, for help;
Antony
The only man besides Alcibiades whom Timon tolerated, admitted for imitating Timon's own misanthropic mode of life.
This Apemantus alone of all men Timon would sometimes admit into his company, since Apemantus was like him and tried sometimes to imitate his mode of life;
And when Apemantus was amazed at this and asked the reason for it, Timon said he loved the youth because he knew that he would be a cause of many ills to Athens.