person
Polemon
also: Polemon
A dissolute young Athenian who, stumbling drunk into Xenocrates's lecture, was so struck that he reformed and became head of the Academy — the model convert from folly.
Reading notes
- The Satires §2.3 Polemon once did
A dissolute Athenian who, wandering drunk into Xenocrates's lecture, was so moved that he reformed and became head of the Academy — the convert who casts off the 'badges' of folly.