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Cephalus
Cephalus
is a name, used both for the hero-figure in
Greek mythology
and carried as a
theophoric name
by
historical
persons
.
Mythological
Cephalus, an
Athenian
son of
Hermes
and
Herse
.
Cephalus,
husband
of
Procris
.
Historical
Cephalus, son of
Lysanias
from
Syracuse
, a
wealthy
metic
and elderly
arms manufacturer
living
in
Athens
who engages in
dialogue
with
Socrates
in Plato's
Republic
. He was the
father of
orator
Lysias
,
philosopher
Polemarchus
and
Euthydemus
.
Cephalus, Athenian orator who
flourished
after the time of the
Thirty Tyrants
.
Cephalus, a
Molossian
who sided with
Perseus
in the
Third Macedonian War
.
