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Hi, I don't know exactly what is meant by "Greek people stubs", but it seems to me it refers to modern Greeks only. In any case, marking the article as a Greek biographical stub shows a modern Greek flag, and it is very strange to see a modern Greek flag in an article about Theaetetus.
[edit] Date of Death
The now traditional date of Theaetetus' death, 369 BCE, has been recently questioned by Debra Nails in her The People of Plato (2002), pp. 276-277. Nails argues convincingly that the evidence suggests an earlier date, 391 BCE. The later date has been preferred mostly because it was not thought likely that Theaetetus' mathematical achievements could have been accomplished in such little time, had he died in 391. But, in addition to the points Nails raises, we must remember that well-to-do Athenian youths of this time were precocious and Plato makes makes a great deal of the lad's extraordinary acumen. Isokrates 12:46, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Resembled Socrates?
As written, the article currently states that "He evidently resembled Socrates in the snubness of his nose and bulging of his eyes." But in my copy of plato's theaetetus, Socrates remarks that Theaetetus is remarkably beautiful for a young man, and Socrates was always described as quite ugly. That makes it seem quite strange to read that he resembled Socrates in any way.
Also, Suidas wrote the following of Theaetetus: "An athenian, astronomer, philosopher, a pupil of socrates, taught in heraclea. He was the first to describe the five solids so-called. He lived afterthe peloponnesian wars." Granted, that's not much of an entry, but the fact that Suidas mentions that he was a pupil of Socrates seems to be missing in the article as written. By suidas, I meanthe suda lexicon, of course. My copy was printed as Suidae Lexicon, edited by Ada Adler, Leipzig, 1928. I'd add this info in myself, but I'm in a bit of a hurry. So instead I leave it here for the next kind hearted wikipedian to notice and faithfully integrate into the article. — Eric Herboso 07:18, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
