His father claimed descent from Poseidon, and his mother was related to Solon.
His father claimed descent from Poseidon, and his mother was related to Solon. After his father's death, his mother married her uncle. This sounds like a Greek play, but it was reality for this philosopher. For 10 points \-- name this man whose most famous pupil described him as a man "whom it is blasphemy in the base even to praise," and who led the Academy.
His father claimed descent from Poseidon, and his mother was related to Solon.
{Plato}