Among the dialogues bearing the name of Plato one is entitled Demodocus, from the person addressed therein; but whether this Demodocus is the friend of Socrates, and father of Theages, who is introduced as one of the interlocutors (conversational partner) in the dialogue Theages, is uncertain. Regardless, the dialogue Demodocus is now generally acknowledged to be a fabrication of a late sophist or rhetorician. Dialogues of Plato