Alcidamas: Quick Facts


Facts

Flourished c.399 BCE - c.300 BCE • Aeolis
Notable Works “Peri sōphiston”

Illustration shows a sketch of the ancient Greek writer Lucian, published in Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.
Lucian
Greek writer
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Xenophanes
Greek poet and philosopher
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Empedocles
Greek philosopher and scholar
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Menippus
Greek philosopher
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Protagoras
Greek philosopher
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Hippias Of Elis
Greek philosopher
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Timon Of Phlius
Greek philosopher
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Bion of Borysthenes
Greek writer
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Gorgias of Leontini
Greek Sophist
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Paul Shorey
American scholar
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Ion of Chios
Greek poet
Marble bust of Aristotle with a beard and draped robe, showing detailed facial features and wavy hair, set against a dark background.
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
Socrates
Socrates
Greek philosopher
The Greek philosopher Plato
Plato
Greek philosopher
Homer
Homer
Greek poet
Euripides
Euripides
Greek dramatist
Plutarch
Plutarch
Greek biographer
Sophocles
Sophocles
Greek dramatist
Hear a reading of ancient Greek poet Pindar's first Olympic ode, commissioned by Sicilian prince Hiero
Pindar
Greek poet
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Aeschylus
Greek dramatist