# Phaedo of Elis — The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers character guide

> Phaedo of Elis in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Phaedo the Elean

**First appearance:** 0024-phaedo

## Who they are

Taken from Elis as a prisoner of war and ransomed into philosophy, he founded his own school and gave his name to Plato's most haunting dialogue.

## In the story

### [Socrates](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lives_and_opinions_of_eminent_philosophers_se/chapters/socrates)

Listed among the four most eminent Socratic followers.

### [Phaedo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lives_and_opinions_of_eminent_philosophers_se/chapters/phaedo)

Phaedo the Elean, a Eupatrid, was enslaved after his country's subjugation and ransomed by Socrates, later studying philosophy and writing dialogues.

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