# Eryxias — Dialogues character guide

> Eryxias in Dialogues by Plato.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0127-eryxias

## Who they are

Character in the spurious dialogue Eryxias.

## In the story

### [Eryxias](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/eryxias)

Participates in the debate, initially asserting that wealth is a good, but later shows discomfort with Socrates' arguments.

### [Eryxias](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/eryxias)

Interjects to challenge Socrates' equation of wisdom with wealth, insisting on the practical need for material goods, and later shows vexation at Critias' argument.

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