Polemarchus
historical figure · 2 works · 5 mentions · 7 anchored passages
the son of Cephalus
in the texts
Republic
Son of Cephalus, brother of Lysias and Euthydemus, heir of his father's household and argument.
It was a riddling definition of justice, then, that Simonides gave after the manner of poets;
That, Polemarchus, is because Thrasymachus laid it down that it is just to obey the orders of the rulers.
For a beautiful saying it is, Socrates, of the poet that when a man lives out his days in justice and piety sweet companion with him, to cheer his heart and nurse his old age, accompanies Hope, who chiefly rules the changeful mind of mortals.
On the Mysteries
Father of Archebiades.
They went off, and returned with a slave belonging to Archebiades, son of Polemarchus.