PERICTIONE

'Perictione' is thought to be the mother of the Greek philosopher Plato. She was a descendant of Solon, the Athenian lawgiver. She was married to Ariston, and had three sons—Glaucon, Adeimantus, and Plato—and a daughter, Potone. After Ariston's death, she remarried Pyrilampes, a friend of the Athenian statesman.^[1]
Helen Buss Mitchell describes Perictione as a Pythagorean and author of "On the Duties of a Woman".^[2] The latter can be found in English translation in Navon's ''The Pythagorean Writings'':

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1. Republic, Plato, , , Hackett, 1992, ISBN 0-87220-137-6
2. Roots of Wisdom, , Helen Buss, Mitchell, Thomson Learning, 2005, ISBN 0-534-62622-X