# Antiphon — Dialogues character guide

> Antiphon in Dialogues by Plato.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Antiphon of Cephisus, Antiphon the Rhamnusian

**First appearance:** 0081-parmenides

## Who they are

Brother of Plato who recounts the Parmenides.

## In the story

### [Parmenides](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/parmenides)

Antiphon is referenced as the reporter of Pythodorus' account of the dialogue.

### [Menexenus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/menexenus)

Mentioned as a master of rhetoric, alongside Lamprus in music, as examples of teachers whose pupils might still speak well.

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