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Xairephon/Chaerephon

(c. 460 - c. 403 BCE)

Xairephon the Athenian was a close associate of Sokrates.

According to Plato, it was Xairephon who traveled to Dephi to inquire if anyone was wiser than Sokrates (Plato, Apology, 9).

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