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Headword:
Chairephôn
Adler number: chi,159
Translated headword: Chairephon, Chaerephon
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Chairephon [was] one of the closest acquaintances of Socrates. None of his writings seem to be preserved. For he appears to have been very rude to and hated by his brother. And
Xenophon[1] says that Socrates, having gathered them together, said that there is no profit for eyes if there is no agreement [between them], nor to hands or feet. Chairephon was from the deme Sphettos.
Chairephôn: tôn agan gnôrimôn Sôkratous ho Chairephôn. ouden de autou dokei sôizesthai tôn sungrammatôn. dokei gar genesthai panu thermos kai sphodra echthreusai tadelphôi. kai phêsi Xenophôn ton Sôkratên sunagonta autous legein, hôs ouden ophthalmôn ophelos eiê, ei mê sumphônoien, oude cheirôn oude podôn. dêmou de ên ho Chairephôn Sphêttios.
Notes:
For Chairephon see also
chi 158,
chi 160. The present entry draws on the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Clouds 144, where he is mentioned.
[1]
Xenophon,
Memorabilia 2.3.1-19, esp.18-19. This is
Xenophon's account of a dispute between Chairephon and his brother Chairecrates. The reference to eyes, hands, and feet is explained here.
Translated by: Joseph Wrightson on 29 April 2000@17:22:47.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (augmented note; added keywords; cosmetics) on 2 July 2002@06:18:39.
David Whitehead (more keywords; cosmetics) on 7 August 2011@10:05:24.
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