Socrates was the son of Sophroniscus a sculptor and Phaenarete a
midwife [as Plato also states in the 'Theaetetus'], and an Athenian,
of the deme Alopeke. He was believed to aid Euripides in composing his
dramas. Hence Mnesimachus speaks thus:--
"This is Euripides's new play, the 'Phrygians':
And Socrates has furnished him the sticks."