Polemarchus (d. 404 BC) was the son of Cephalus of Syracuse. He had two brothers Lysias, Euthydemus and a sister who married Brachyllus. Polemarchus and Lysias traveled to Thurii when the former was 15 years old. Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC Years: 409 BC 408 BC 407 BC 406 BC 405 BC - 404 BC - 403 BC 402 BC... Cephalus and Aurora, by Nicolas Poussin (c. ... Lysias (d. ... Coin depicting the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus (230-200 B.C.) Euthydemus was allegedly a native of Magnesia and possible Satrap of Sogdiana, who overturned the dynasty of Diodotus of Bactria and became a Greco-Bactrian king in about 230 BC according to Polybius. ... Thurii, or Thueium, was a city of Magna Graecia on the Gulf of Taranto, near the site of the older Sybaris. ...
Polemarchus was an Athenian philosopher and like his brother, singled out by the Thirty Tyrants for being a wealthy metic. Unlike his brother, he did not manage to escape and was executed. Melobius, one of the Thirty Tyrants, snatched the golden earings from Polemarchus' wife. After Polemarchus' death, the Thirty forbade his family from holding a funeral in any of their houses. The Thirty Tyrants were a pro-Spartan oligarchy installed in Athens after Athens defeat in the Peloponnesian War in April 404 BC. Its two leading members were Tharamenes and Critias, a former acolyte of Socrates. ... In ancient Greece, the term metic meant resident alien, a person who did not have citizen rights in their Greek city-state (polis) of residence. ...
Plato's Republic is set at Polemarchus' house in the Piraeus, which was located next to their shield manufacturing store that employed 120 skilled slaves. For other uses, see Plato (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Kaminia (Piraeus), Greece be merged into this article or section. ...
If Polemarchus has ever made a mistake between a true friend and a phony, then his justice may entail giving goods to enemies (false friends) and harms to friends (falsely accused innocents).
Polemarchus is accustomed to counting people who look like him, belong to his profession, speak his language as friends and anyone else as an enemy (the barbarian).
Polemarchus is generous to comrades, the just and unjust alike.
However, Polemarchus view does not distinguish acting justly from acting in accordance with what is socially expected, as the treatment of an individual depends upon the nature of their relationship with those in position.
Polemarchus is unable to explain that there are specific characteristics to justice which distinct it from other virtues.
Polemarchus failure to identify any specific aims of justice has the further consequence that he cant declare unjustifiable acts such a theft or perjury.
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