Evidence
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| Tradition | Source | Passage | Confidence | Evidence | Record |
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| Greek | The Republic | INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS. / THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I.; lines 9113-9276 | medium | Socrates and Polemarchus say they will oppose attributing the rejected saying to Simonides, Bias, Pittacus, or another wise man or seer; Socrates instead suggests Periander, Perdiccas, Xerxes, Ismenias the Theban, or another rich and mighty man as possible source. | record |