Potone [SEP] mother
Potone
Potone (; "Pōtōnē"; 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.
Oxfordshire
- Potton, Bedfordshire
- Sawtry, Huntingdonshire
The parish of Sawtry Judith in Huntingdonshire is named after the Countess.
From the "Domesday Book".
In POTONE Hugh holds ½ virgate of land from the Countess. Land for 1 plough; it is there, with 1 smallholder. The value is and was 5s; before 1066, 2s. Earl Tosti held this land in Potton, his manor.
Countess Judith holds POTONE herself. It answers for 10 hides. Land for 12 ploughs.