Born in Ægina of aristocratic parents about 427 B.C.; died
in Athens in 347; originally called Aristocles and surnamed
Plato because of his broad shoulders; a disciple of Socrates
and a teacher of Aristotle; was the founder of the Academic
school; in his youth a successful gymnast, soldier, and
poet; traveled in Egypt, Sicily, and Magna Græcia; arrested
in Syracuse by Dionysius, the tyrant, and sold as a slave in
Ægina, where he was released and returned to Athens;
revisited Syracuse in 367 and 361; lived afterward in Athens
until his death, which occurred at a marriage feast.[56]
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