Persons of the dialogue: + 

Cephalus + 

Adeimantus + 

Glaucon + 

Antiphon + 

Pythodorus + 

Socrates + 

Zeno + 

Parmenides + 

Aristoteles + 

Cephalus rehearses a dialogue which is supposed to have been narrated in his presence by Antiphon, the half-brother of Adeimantus and Glaucon, to certain Clazomenians. + 