Periklyne

First Appearance and Context

Periklyne is cited in The Dictionary in connection with Kefedokhles, which notes later activity attributed to him "on the Periklyne" and associates several dialogs with that period. In a later in-scene usage, avout contrast modes of exchange by name, calling a Periklynian dialog a combat, which shows the name functioning as shorthand for a combative style of debate. In a historical reflection, Protas is said to have returned to the Periklyne to proclaim a doctrine that worldly things are shadows of more perfect things in a higher world, a view later known as Protism.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Serves as a named setting for certain dialogs attributed to Kefedokhles in reference accounts.
• Functions in mathic rhetoric as a touchstone for a combative mode of discourse ("Periklynian dialog").
• Linked in tradition to Protas publicly stating a core doctrine later associated with Protism.

Relationships

• Associated with Kefedokhles through dialog attributions.
• Connected by report to Protas (Thelenes's greatest fid), whose doctrine later called Protism is said to have been proclaimed at the Periklyne. Mentions of Protas and Protism appear in avout discussions and reflections but do not specify an authorship or proprietorship of the Periklyne.
• Mentioned in proximity to Thelenes in accounts of the great dialogs, as part of the same intellectual milieu.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Referred to as a place one can be "on" or "step off" in idiom; the narrative has not specified whether it is a building, institution, district, vessel, or other venue. Its use as an adjective ("Periklynian") signals a style of combative exchange.

Current Status/Location

Unknown. No details have been given about its location, governance, or condition.