Did Plato have kids?

Plato did 5 years of military service, traveled the Mediterranean for 12 years, spent about 2 decades writing some of his most famous dialogues, was a tutor for a couple of years, and was the founder and lecturer at his Academy for many of his remaining years. read more

No. Plato never had any children, nor did he marry. In fact, it has been posited that he may have been homosexual, a common and widely accepted sexual orientation during Athenian times. read more

But he did choose not to get married or have kids. Plato was more interested in his works and writings. I'm pretty sure Plato was Gay. I know that doesn't exclude the possibility of a wife and family, but I think he didn't bother with that and was just gay. read more

Best Answer: Plato's father was Ariston and his mother was Perictione. He also had 2 brothers Adeimantus and Glaucon, and a sister, Potone. His father died during Plato's childhood and his mother remarried a man called Pyrilampes. read more

Plato's writings have been published in several fashions; this has led to several conventions regarding the naming and referencing of Plato's texts. The usual system for making unique references to sections of the text by Plato derives from a 16th-century edition of Plato's works by Henricus Stephanus. read more