 Plutarch states accusations against Pyrilampes, according to which he used the peacocks to procure freeborn women for Pericles.Pyrilampes appears to have married his first wife in the late 440s; he had a son from this marriage, Demus, who was famous for his beauty.Around 423 BC, Pyrilampes widowed and so was free to marry his niece, Perictione, Plato's mother.