-
dialogues Socrates appears as the
friend of
Prodicus. One
writer claims Socrates used his
method of instruction.
Prodicus made
linguistics and
ethics prominent...
-
Republic iii. and
parts of Laws) and
according to him it was the
sophist Prodicus who
first pointed out the
connection between gymnastics and health. Having...
- and the
Judgement of Hercules, is an
ancient Gr****
parable attributed to
Prodicus and
known from Xenophon. It
concerns the
young Heracles (also
known to...
- to use
sails and
interpret the winds.
Herodotus (fifth-century BCE) and
Prodicus made
claims of this kind. This
theory is
named euhemerism after mythologist...
- his
nephew Bacchylides, both
ancient Gr****
lyric poets, of the
Sophist Prodicus, and of the
physician Erasistratus. The
inhabitants were
known for offering...
- (313a–314c).
Socrates says he
regards Prodicus as a man of
inspired genius (316a). He
expresses the same
admiration for
Prodicus in
another dialogue, the Theaetetus...
- ages. In
Protagoras Plato wrote that,
before a
gathering of Socrates,
Prodicus, and Hippias,
Protagoras stated that he was old
enough to be the father...
- used for
philosophical debate long
before Aristotle.
Philosophers such as
Prodicus of Ceos, Protagoras, and
numerous rhapsodes had
spoken there. The most...
-
regarded as the
first of
these professional sophists.
Others include Gorgias,
Prodicus, Hippias, Thrasymachus, Lycophron, Callicles, Antiphon, and Cratylus. A...
-
surviving story involving Arete was told in the 5th century BCE by the
sophist Prodicus.
Known as "Hercules at the crossroads", it
concerns the
early life of the...
