 For instance, Damon is said to have been responsible for advising Pericles to institute the policy of paying jurors for their service; this policy was widely criticized, and Damon is said to have been ostracized for it (see the Aristotelian "Athenaion Poleteia"), probably sometime in last third of the 5th century BCE.Plato invokes Damon many times in the "Republic" as the musical expert to be deferred to concerning the details of rhythmical education.In Plato's "Laches", Damon is said to have been a student of Prodicus and of Agathocles.