Anytus

Anytus.  A bad dude, one of the accusers of Socrates.  Supported democratic govt (Socrates opposed).  Socrates taught Anytus’ son, who probably was a rotter.  Anytus appears briefly in Meno, espousing the idea that virtue (arete…power, success) is best learned by associating with  men of influence, but Socrates notes that this appear to produce only failures of virtue.