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Damon, Prodicus, and Socratic Matchmaking

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  1. Xenophon’s Socratic dialogues also discuss matchmaking. Xenophon, Memoirs of Socrates, 4.vii.1; Symposium, 3.10; cf. Symposium 4.56–4.64.

  2. Socrates, however, closes Laches by suggesting that his interlocutors should continue to search for worthy teachers (201a).

  3. On the scholarly debate about classifying Damon as a sophist, see Wallace (2015, pp. 19–21 and 19n27). Wallace provides a highly valuable collection and assessment of the relevant testimonia.

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  • Wallace, R. 2015. Reconstructing Damon: Music, wisdom teaching, and politics in Perikles’ Athens. New York: Oxford University Press.

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Mintz, A.I. Damon, Prodicus, and Socratic Matchmaking. Stud Philos Educ 36, 377–379 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-016-9550-3

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