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The Charmides (/ˈkɑːrmɪdiːz/; Ancient Greek: Χαρμίδης) is a dialogue of Plato, in which Socrates engages a handsome and popular boy named Charmides in

Charmides was probably not the same man as the father of the great Athenian sculptor Phidias, also named Charmides. Debra Nails, The People of Plato (Indianapolis:

election of the Thirty Tyrants, which included two of Plato's relatives, Critias and Charmides. Plato himself was invited to join the administration, but

PreSocratics (1973). The Virtue of Philosophy: An Interpretation of Plato's Charmides (1981). The Question of Play (1984). Philosophy and Sport (1990).

striding across the sea. Charmides cries "I come", and leaps into the sea hoping to reach the goddess, but instead drowns. Charmides' body is drawn back to

 179; Wolfsdorf 2013, pp. 34–35. Wolfsdorf 2013, p. 34: Others include Charmides, Crito, Euthydemus, Euthyphro, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Laches

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the fourth century BC. The earliest ones are preserved in the works of Plato and Xenophon and all involve Socrates as the protagonist. These dialogues

Chaerephon appears in two other Platonic dialogues: the Charmides and the Gorgias. At the start of the Charmides, Socrates returns to Athens from the military campaign

famous Athenians which Socrates mentioned by name, like Charmides and the two sons of Pericles. Plato describes how the crowd opens and reassembles behind