the Athenian Stranger

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The Athenian Stranger is the unnamed main interlocutor in Plato’s dialogue "Laws," serving as a wise, philosophical lawgiver who guides the discussion on political and legal theory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonic character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
lawgiver figure ⓘ
philosophical interlocutor ⓘ
appearsAs speaker in all twelve books of Laws ⓘ
appearsIn Laws ⓘ
associatedWork Platonic late dialogues ⓘ
characterType unnamed character ⓘ
concernedWith moral psychology in politics ⓘ
practical legislation ⓘ
religious foundations of law ⓘ
contrastsWith Socrates (as main interlocutor in other Platonic dialogues) ⓘ
linked to: Socrates
createdBy Plato ⓘ
dialoguePartnerOf Clinias of Crete ⓘ
Megillus of Sparta ⓘ
discusses constitution of a city ⓘ
education of citizens ⓘ
ideal laws ⓘ
virtue and law ⓘ
dominatesDialogue Laws ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genreContext Socratic dialogue (without Socrates) ⓘ
guidesDialogueOn criminal law ⓘ
founding of a new colony ⓘ
marriage and family law ⓘ
property and economic regulation ⓘ
relationship between law and reason ⓘ
religion and impiety laws ⓘ
hasAttribute elderly ⓘ
moderate ⓘ
pious ⓘ
wise ⓘ
hasRole main interlocutor in Plato's Laws ⓘ
influenced later political theory interpretations of Plato ⓘ
languageOfWork Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryFunction spokesperson for Plato's mature political views (scholarly interpretation) ⓘ
medium ancient Greek literature ⓘ
nameStatus anonymous ⓘ
nationality Athenian ⓘ
occupation philosopher (fictional) ⓘ
philosophicalMethod dialectical discussion ⓘ
philosophicalStance advocates mixed constitution ⓘ
emphasizes education for virtue ⓘ
supports rule of law ⓘ
primaryThemeContext legal theory ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
setting Crete ⓘ
travelsWith Clinias of Crete ⓘ
Megillus of Sparta ⓘ
workPeriod Classical Greece ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Laws → featuresCharacter → the Athenian Stranger ⓘ
Clinias of Crete → coInterlocutor → the Athenian Stranger ⓘ
Megillus of Sparta → dialoguePartnerOf → the Athenian Stranger ⓘ
Epinomis → dialogueCharacters → Athenian Stranger ⓘ
linked to: the Athenian Stranger
Σοφιστής → featuresCharacter → Ξένος από την Ελεαία ⓘ
linked to: the Athenian Stranger
Plato's Laws → mainCharacter → the Athenian Stranger ⓘ