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Phaedrus (), son of Pythocles, of the Myrrhinus deme (Greek: Φαῖδρος Πυθοκλέους Μυρρινούσιος, ''Phaĩdros Puthocléous Murrinoúsios''; c. 444 – 393 BCE), was an ancient Athenian aristocrat associated with the inner-circle of the philosopher Socrates. He was indicted in the profanation of the Eleusinian mysteries in 415 during the Peloponnesian War, causing him to flee Athens. He is best remembered for his depiction in the dialogues of Plato. His philosophically erotic role in his eponymous dialogue and the ''Symposium'' inspired later authors, from the ancient comedic playwright Alexis〔 to contemporary philosophers like Robert M. Pirsig and Martha Nussbaum.〔Martha Nussbaum, ''The Fragility of Goodness'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001; pp. 200–224〕 ==Life== Phaedrus, whose name translates to "bright" or "radiant",〔John Sallis, ''Being and Logos'', Indianapolis: University of Indiana Press, 1997; pp. 104–172〕 was born to a wealthy family sometime in the mid-5th century, and was the first cousin of Plato's stepbrother Demos.〔 All sources remember him as an especially attractive young man.〔e.g., Plato, ''Phaedrus'', 228c〕 His depiction in the writing of Plato has led scholars to assume that he did not have his own system of philosophy, despite his interest in such contemporaneous movements as rhetoric, tragedy and sophism.〔Debra Nails, ''The People of Plato'', Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2002; pp. 233–234〕 He is present for the speeches delivered in Plato's ''Protagoras'',〔Plato, ''Protagoras'', 315c〕 whose dramatic date of 433/432〔 suggests that Phaedrus was involved in prominent Athenian intellectual circles from a young age; the dialogue also notes his early interest in astronomy and long-standing friendship with the physician Eryximachus.〔 The ''Symposiums certain dramatic date of 416 suggests his close association with Socrates by this time.〔 Further details in Plato's writing point to Phaedrus' interests in mythology and natural science.〔 ''On the Mysteries'', an extant speech of Andocides, names Phaedrus as one of the individuals indicted by the city of Athens, at the behest of the ''metic'' Teucrus, in the profanation of the Eleusinian mysteries,〔Andocides, ''On the Mysteries'', 1.15〕 a major domestic event preceding the calamitous Sicilian Expedition in 415. Archaeological evidence and a speech of Lysias〔Lysias, 32〕 further attest to his role in this event.〔 Phaedrus fled Athens at this time along with the other accused parties, losing his wealth and property in the process. Some scholars had previously interpreted Andocides as naming Phaedrus in his list of mutilators of the Herms,〔 a contemporaneous Athenian scandal, but this is generally dismissed within present scholarship.〔 Phaedrus married his first cousin, whose name is unknown, circa 404. After his early death in 393, his wife remarried Aristophanes, son of Nicophemus.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phaedrus (Athenian)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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