# Zeno — Dialogues character guide

> Zeno in Dialogues by Plato.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0081-parmenides

## Who they are

Eleatic philosopher known for paradoxes, appears in Parmenides.

## In the story

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

Parmenides' student, who reads a treatise arguing against plurality and is questioned by Socrates.

### [Introduction and Analysis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/introduction-and-analysis)

Presents his book defending Parmenides by showing the absurdities of the many; engages in dialogue with Socrates.

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

Zeno explains the purpose of his writings as a defense of Parmenides' doctrine and engages in the discussion about the One and the Many.

### [Appendix I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/appendix-i)

Referenced as a teacher whose society has made others wiser, for a fee of a hundred minae.

### [First Alcibiades](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/first-alcibiades)

Mentioned as a philosopher who taught Pythodorus and Callias, for which they paid him a hundred minae.

### [First Alcibiades](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/first-alcibiades)

Mentioned as a teacher who made Pythodorus and Callias wiser, for which they paid him a hundred minae.

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