Sophroniskos — of Athens, the father of the celebrated Socrates, is described by the ancient Greek writers as…
Ancient Greek word, found 16 times in the texts on Socratos.
Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 2.5.18: Σωκράτης Σωφρονίσκου μὲν ἦν υἱὸς λιθουργοῦ καὶ Φαιναρέτης μαίας, ὡς καὶ Πλάτων ἐν Θεαιτήτῳ φησίν, Ἀθηναῖος, τῶν δήμων Ἀλωπεκῆθεν. …
Plato, Euthydemus 297·2: … α ἐστί σοι καὶ οὐκ ἀδελφός.—οὐχ ὁμοπάτριός γε, ὦ βέλτιστε, ἔφην· ἐκείνου μὲν γὰρ Χαιρέδημος ἦν πατήρ, ἐμὸς δὲ Σωφρονίσκος.—πατὴρ δὲ ἦν, ἔφη, Σωφρονίσκος καὶ Χαιρέδημος;