Gravestone of Lysis, Piraeus Museum
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The loutroforos gravestone of Timocleides son of Lysis. The old seated man is Lysis son of Democrates from the Deme of Aixone (today's Glyfada region). The full name of the dead man is given on the base. So we have a direct witness of the historical individual Lysis, disciple of Sokrates whose name Platon used as title for one of his dialogues. This of course brings us back to Renault doesn't it? The date of the gravestone is the second quarter of the 4th century BC.
The names of Timocleides and Lysis.
The loutroforos gravestone of Timocleides son of Lysis. The old seated man is Lysis son of Democrates from the Deme of Aixone (today's Glyfada region). The full name of the dead man is given on the base. So we have a direct witness of the historical individual Lysis, disciple of Sokrates whose name Platon used as title for one of his dialogues. This of course brings us back to Renault doesn't it? The date of the gravestone is the second quarter of the 4th century BC.
The names of Timocleides and Lysis.