Glaucon [SEP] sister
sister, Potone, and a brother, Adeimantus. In Plato's dialogue "Parmenides", a half-brother, Antiphon, is also mentioned.
According to the Oxford Greek Dictionary the name "Glaucon" is derived from the adjective "glaukommatos" (γλαυκόμματος) meaning "bright-eyed", "owl-eyed", or "grey-eyed". It is generally considered to be a devotion to Athena, the goddess of wisdom and namesake and guardian deity of the city of Athens. It is
the attributes and limitations of human love for beauty.
Elsewhere in Greek literature.
Glaucon appears in Xenophon's "Memorabilia". There, Socrates seeks to save Glaucon, not yet twenty, from making a fool of himself before the "ecclesia": he set out to make a speech and try and "preside" over the city, but Socrates reveals to Glaucon his utter ignorance of the actual affairs of state and convinces him not to speak. Glaucon, like many figures in the "Memorabilia", is