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Older brother of Plato (born c. 445 BC)
Glaucon (/ˈɡlɔːkɒn/; Greek: Γλαύκων; c. 445 BC – 4th century BC), son of Ariston, was an ancient Athenian and Plato's older brother. He is primarily known
Glaucon
Allegory by Plato
it on our nature". It is written as a dialogue between Plato's brother Glaucon and his mentor Socrates and is narrated by the latter. The allegory is
Allegory_of_the_cave
Mythical magical artifact in Plato's Republic
him, married her afterwards, or both. In the recounting of the myth by Glaucon (Plato's older brother, as a character of the Republic), an unnamed ancestor
Ring_of_Gyges
Platonic philosophical allegory
Plato as a dialogue between his brother Glaucon and Socrates, and narrated by the latter. Upon being urged by Glaucon to define goodness, a cautious Socrates
Analogy_of_the_Sun
Greek philosopher
widely regarded as false by modern scholarship. Plato had two brothers, Glaucon and Adeimantus, both of whom appear in the Republic, and also a sister
Plato
Philosophical work by Plato around 375 BC
subsistence, but Glaucon considers this hardly different from "a city of pigs." Socrates then alters his original plan to accommodate Glaucon's demand for more
Republic_(Plato)
Platonic philosophical analogy
Plato in the Republic (509d–511e). It is written as a dialogue between Glaucon and Socrates, in which the latter further elaborates upon the immediately
Analogy_of_the_divided_line
Philosophical theory
pleasure. In Book IV, part 4 of the Republic, Socrates and his interlocutors (Glaucon and Adeimantus) are attempting to answer whether the soul is one or made
Plato's_theory_of_soul
Concept in religion, ethics, and philosophy
Republic to the Form of the Good are within the conversation, between Glaucon and Socrates (454c–d). When trying to answer such difficult questions pertaining
Good
Species of butterfly
Square-spotted Blue E. b. centralis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917) E. b. glaucon (Edwards, 1871) (British Columbia to northeastern California and southern
Euphilotes_battoides
Socrates' explation to Glaucon that souls must be immortal
by having Socrates explain to Glaucon that the soul must be immortal, and cannot be destroyed. Socrates tells Glaucon the Myth of Er to explain that
Myth_of_Er
1998 film by Alex Proyas
mechanism as Socrates explains to Glaucon how the shadows in the cave are cast. Murdoch becomes more than Glaucon, "He is a Glaucon who comes to realize that
Dark_City_(1998_film)
Superlative concept in the philosophy of Plato
The Republic to the Form of the Good are within the conversation between Glaucon and Socrates (454 c–d). When he is trying to answer such difficult questions
Form_of_the_Good
1897 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells
when he read it as an adolescent. In the second book of the Republic, Glaucon recounts the legend of the Ring of Gyges, which posits that, if a man were
The_Invisible_Man
3rd-century Roman biographer of Greek philosophers
Eubulides, Alexinus, Euphantus, Diodorus Cronus, Stilpo, Crito, Simon, Glaucon, Simmias, Cebes, Menedemus of Eretria Book 3: Plato Plato Book 4: The Academics
Diogenes_Laertius
Latin for "Who will watch the watchmen?"
in Economic Sciences, one of Socrates's interlocutors in the Republic, Glaucon, even goes so far as to say "it would be absurd that a guardian should
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes?
2012 book by Jonathan Haidt
Shweder on cultural anthropology Humean philosophy Platonic philosophy Glaucon and the Ring of Gyges Steven Pinker on human nature (The Blank Slate) E
The_Righteous_Mind
Athenian statesman and general
Macedon which led to the Chremonidean War. Chremonides and his brother, Glaucon, were compelled to flee Athens and take refuge in Egypt. There, Chremonides
Chremonides
grandfather (Critias III): Nails, 106–7. Not all scholars are convinced that the Glaucon mentioned in Symposium is Plato's brother. A small minority of manuscript
List of speakers in Plato's dialogues
List_of_speakers_in_Plato's_dialogues
Mother of Plato
archon of the year 644 b.c. She was married to Ariston, and had three sons (Glaucon, Adeimantus, and Plato) and a daughter (Potone). After Ariston's death
Perictione
Magical ring in The Lord of the Rings
counter the "cynical conclusion" that moral life is chosen by the weak; Glaucon thinks that people are only "good" because they suppose they will be caught
One_Ring
5th-century BC Athenian politician
Charmides (/ˈkɑːrmɪdiːz/; Ancient Greek: Χαρμίδης), son of Glaucon (who was the grandfather of Plato, and not to be confused with his brother of the same
Charmides
Human flourishing in ancient Greek philosophy
desires. This idea is vividly illustrated in book 2 of the Republic when Glaucon, taking up Thrasymachus' challenge, recounts a myth of the magical ring
Eudaimonia
King of Lydia (fl. 7th century BC)
Republic, Glaucon argues that men are inherently unjust and are only restrained from unjust behaviour by the fetters of law and society. In Glaucon's view
Gyges_of_Lydia
Greek mythological character
to Hades, his throat cut by the hands of his sister, the own cousin of Glaucon and Apsyrtus. — Lycophron, Alexandra 805–811 (trans. A. W. Mair.) According
Cassiphone
Brother of Plato
as more cautious, more sober-minded, and less creative than his brother Glaucon, Socrates' other major interlocutor in the last nine books of the Republic
Adeimantus_of_Collytus
Topics referred to by the same term
highest level in the analogy of the divided line discussed by Socrates and Glaucon, transcribed by Plato in Plato's Republic Noetics, a fringe branch of parapsychology
Noesis
Philosophical system
[Socrates:] "Since the beautiful is opposite of the ugly, they are two." [Glaucon:] "Of course." "And since they are two, each is one?" "I grant that also
Platonism
Socratic dialogue by Plato
story of the symposium to an unnamed friend, having narrated the events to Glaucon while en route home the previous day. The banquet had been hosted by the
Symposium_(Plato)
Concept in political philosophy
philosophy, the concept of the social contract was originally posed by Glaucon, as described by Plato in The Republic, Book II. They say that to do injustice
Social_contract
King of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, 284–246 BC
to surrender to Antigonus in early 261 BC. Chremonides and his brother Glaucon, who were responsible for the Athenian participation in the war, fled to
Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus
Epistemology classification method
Diairesis is central to Galen's therapeutics; see for example 'Therapeutics to Glaucon' 1 (XI, 4 K), where Galen, attributing the method to Plato, asserts that
Diairesis
Romanian artist (1937–2022)
Film in Bucharest 1996–1999 PhD in the aesthetics of visual arts with the Glaucon thesis or the prestige of the artist in the Ideal City 1971 Galleria Internazionale
Henry_Mavrodin
Chief magistrate of an ancient Greek city-state
3 Diphilus Pericles is a strategos 441–440 84.4 Timocles Pericles and Glaucon are strategoi 440–439 85.1 Morychides Pericles is a strategos 439–438 85
Eponymous_archon
Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
Euphilotes enoptes (Boisduval, 1852) – Dotted blue Euphilotes glaucon (Edwards, 1871) – Glaucon blue or summit blue Ephilotes heracleoides (Kohler & Warren
Euphilotes
Series of Greek and Latin texts with English translations
Constitution of the Art of Medicine. The Art of Medicine. A Method of Medicine to Glaucon L535) Hygiene: Volume I. Books 1–4 L536) Hygiene: Volume II. Books 5–6
Loeb_Classical_Library
5th-century BC Greek sophist
advantage of the stronger. The rest of the dialogue is occasioned by Glaucon's dissatisfaction with Socrates' refutation. His name means fierce fighter
Thrasymachus
Battle during the Peloponnesian War (433 BC)
immediately retreated, as 20 more Athenian ships under the command of Glaucon were on their way. The next day, the new Athenian ships threatened a second
Battle_of_Sybota
Fictional setting in Dungeons & Dragons
Menzoberranzan has been described as "a perfect unjust state" and compared to Glaucon's vision of a state that is held together only by the fear of retribution
Menzoberranzan
Deme of ancient Attica
(fl. 4th century BCE), orator Agyrrhius (fl. 4th century BCE), general Glaucon, Plato's brother Hypereides (c. 390–322 BCE), politician and speechwriter
Collytus
Greek historian of medicine and academic
1163/1568525X-12341857 "Reading Galen in Byzantium: The fate of 'Therapeutics to Glaucon'", in Greek Medical Literature and its Readers: From Hippocrates to Islam
Petros_Bouras-Vallianatos
List of medical doctors between the 5th and 15th centuries CE
Stephanus the Philosopher and Physician: Commentary on Galen's Therapeutics to Glaucon. BRILL. ISBN 9789004109353. Retrieved 9 December 2012. Nutton, Vivian (2005-07-19)
List of post-classical medical doctors
List_of_post-classical_medical_doctors
Socratic dialogue by Plato
that there is nothing good about being a victim. He further argues (as Glaucon does in the Gyges story in the Republic) that wrongdoing is only by convention
Gorgias_(dialogue)
Greek physician and writer
of Hippocrates; a commentary on the first book of the Therapeutics to Glaucon of Galen; and Peri ouron, a treatise on uroscopy. The work On Pulses is
Stephanus_of_Athens
Apollodorus describes himself as being of the same age as Plato's brother Glaucon, placing his birth date around 445 BCE. A resident of the Athenian port
Apollodorus_of_Phaleron
Legendary golden mixing cup owned by the hero Nestor
handles. At least as early as the fifth century BC, scholars including Glaucon, Antisthenes, and Stesimbrotos addressed the question of why Nestor was
Nestor's_Cup_(mythology)
Stephanus the Philosopher and Physician: Commentary on Galen's Therapeutics to Glaucon. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-10935-3. Retrieved 9 December 2012. Riggs, Christina
Timeline of medicine and medical technology
Timeline_of_medicine_and_medical_technology
Lepreus[pronunciation?] (Ancient Greek: Λεπρεύς) was a son of Caucon (Glaucon) or Pyrgeus, and grandson of Poseidon; one account calls him a son of Poseidon
Lepreus_(mythology)
Work of Plato
Critias tells Socrates that Charmides is his cousin, son of his uncle Glaucon. Chaerephon rushes over and asks Socrates if the boy is not beautiful,
Charmides_(dialogue)
2013 musical comedy by Eylon Levy
Carla, Joan, Mary Zeno, an eccentric Greek philosopher Greek Chorus: Glaucon, Adeimantus, Thrasymachus, Aristotle Lockean henchmen: Algernon Sidney
A Theory of Justice: The Musical
A_Theory_of_Justice:_The_Musical
Theme in Tolkien's fantasy
counter the "cynical conclusion" that moral life is chosen by the weak; Glaucon thinks that people are only "good" because they suppose they will be caught
Addiction to power in The Lord of the Rings
Addiction_to_power_in_The_Lord_of_the_Rings
Genus of beetles
n. g., n. sp". Illyrisches Blatt (in German). 3. Ljubljana. Deleurance-Glaucon, S. (1963). "Recherches sur les Coléoptères troglobies de la sous-famille
Leptodirus
Academic analyses of Tolkien's ideas embodied in The Lord of the Rings
can be found as far back as Plato's The Republic, where the character Glaucon argued that doing justice to others is never to one's benefit; he cited
Themes of The Lord of the Rings
Themes_of_The_Lord_of_the_Rings
Greek nymph
boast—but rather an eccentric idea: I bow myself down before Adrasteia, Glaucon, because of what I am about to say. You see, I really do suppose it a lesser
Adrasteia
French Scholastic and encyclopedist
Stephanus the Philosopher and Physician: Commentary on Galen's Therapeutics to Glaucon. BRILL. ISBN 9789004109353. Retrieved 22 March 2015. Albertazzi 2025, p
Bartholomaeus_Anglicus
5th-century BC Greek philosopher
one of the interpreters of Homer, along with Stesimbrotos of Thasos and Glaucon of Rhegium. who expanded upon Anaxagoras' theories of allegorical interpretation
Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the elder)
Metrodorus_of_Lampsacus_(the_elder)
1876 epic poem by Herman Melville
guards protecting the pilgrims; a wealthy Greek banker and his son-in-law Glaucon; an optimistic Anglican minister named Derwent; an unnamed former elder
Clarel
BC) Glaucias of Aegina Glaucias of Athens Glaucias of Macedon Glaucippe Glaucon Glaucus Glaucus (mythology) Glaucus of Carystus Glaucus of Chios Glaucus
Index of ancient Greece-related articles
Index_of_ancient_Greece-related_articles
Antiphon, and the Gorgias's Callicles and the Republic's Thrasymachus and Glaucon. Archytas, a contemporary of Plato, is likely the origin, due to or related
Lex_animata
Chief priesthood of Ancient Cyrene
IGCyr 96700 Possibly appointed by Ptolemy III and probably not Cyrenaean. Glaucon son of Eteocles ca. 250 BC IGCyr 96700 Ptolemaic appointee from Athens
Priest_of_Apollo_(Cyrene)
Romanian writer, journalist and politician (1873 - 1940)
Banu's final book appeared in 1937 as Grădina lui Glaucon sau Manualul bunului politician ("Glaucon's Garden or A Textbook for Good Politicians"). Here
Constantin_Banu
Genus of moths
defasciata Hering, 1928 Callizygaena flaviplaga Hering, 1925 Callizygaena glaucon Semper, 1896 Callizygaena luzonensis Schultze, 1925 Callizygaena semperi
Callizygaena
2008 novella by Tripp York
Brett functions as the "everyman". Mr. Glaucon, who may be named after one of Plato's interlocutors (Glaucon), is referred to as the messenger's messenger
Anesthesia: A Brief Reflection on Contemporary Aesthetics
Anesthesia:_A_Brief_Reflection_on_Contemporary_Aesthetics
Plot device
refers to the ring as belonging to Gyges himself, not his ancestor, as Glaucon states in Book 2. For this reason, the story is simply called "The Ring
Invisibility_in_fiction
French archaeologist and historian
Marcel Piérart, Un décret du koinon des Hellènes à Platées en l'honneur de Glaucon, fils d'Étéoclès, d'Athènes, in Bulletin de correspondance hellénique [fr]
Roland Étienne (archaeologist)
Roland_Étienne_(archaeologist)
American poet (1890–1974)
Machine New York: Rand School of Social Science, 1919. The Letters of Glaucon and Sarai: And Other Poems. Northampton, MA: N. Fitts, 1924. The Kid: A
David_P._Berenberg
Issue in political philosophy
are found in the tradition including Machiavelli and extending back to Glaucon's challenge to Socrates. On this approach, relations between states exist
Global_justice
French physician
XIIII, de la Methode Therapeutique, avec le Second de l'Art Curatoire a Glaucon lesquels m'as baillé, sur foy de les mettre fidelement en lumiere, m'a
Jean_Canappe
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Descendent.
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Hindu, Indian
Generous
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Arabic, Muslim
Hidden
Girl/Female
British, English, Swedish
Pitching Wave
Boy/Male
Muslim
The king
Girl/Female
Norse
Thor's maiden.
Surname or Lastname
Jewish (Ashkenazic)
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : patronymic from the Yiddish personal name Mikhl (see Michael).English : patronymic from the medieval personal name Michel (see Mitchell).Dutch : patronymic from the personal name Michel, a Dutch variant of Michael.Americanized spelling of Michelsen.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Light of Good Fortune
Female
Hebrew
(מï‹×¨Ö´×™Ö¼Ö¸×”) Variant spelling of Hebrew Mowriyah, MORIYA means "chosen by God."Â
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Perfume; Scent
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n.
An olive-green earth used as a pigment. See Glauconite.
n.
The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of the chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and potash. See Greensand.
n.
A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime.