Chilon

Family: Spartan · Role: adviser · First appears: Book 1 · §53–59

Life events

• Peisistratos was born after Hippocrates rejected Chilon’s advice to disown any son he might have.(Book 1 · §53–59)
  • With: Hippocrates Peisistratos
  • “When Chilon had thus recommended, Hippocrates, they say, was not willing to be persuaded, and so there was born to him afterwards this Peisistratos;”

Book 1 · §53–59

• with Hippocrates (interaction) “Chilon the Lacedemonian, who chanced to have been present and to have seen the marvel, advised Hippocrates first not to bring into his house a wife to bear him children, and secondly, if he happened to have one already, to dismiss her, and if he chanced to have a son, to disown him.”

Book 6 · §58–65

• child: Percalos “Leotychides had betrothed himself to Percalos the daughter of Chilon son of Demarmenos”
• parent: Demarmenos “Percalos the daughter of Chilon son of Demarmenos;”

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