Σοφιστής
sophist
Translated by Marisa Divenosa16 Nov 1999Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σοφιστής· πᾶς τεχνίτης. καὶ ὁ τὸ λεκτικὸν ἠσκηκώς· καὶ ὁ ἐπηρεάζων ἑκὼν ἐν τοῖς λόγοις.
Betacode
*sofisth/s: pa=s texni/ths. kai\ o( to\ lektiko\n h)skhkw/s: kai\ o( e)phrea/zwn e(kw\n e)n toi=s lo/gois.
Notes (3)
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius sigma426 Theodoridis.
See also sigma 812, sigma 814. - 1cf. Plato, Protagoras 316D-E. ↩
- 2cf. Plato, Gorgias 449D, Meno 95C, Phaedrus 267A, Symposium 198C; Aristotle, Rhetoric 1404b. ↩
- 3cf. Aelius Aristides (79,1 Diels-Kranz); Plato, Cratylus 403E. ↩
References
M. Canto-Sperber (ed.), Philosophie grecque (Paris 1997)
E. Dupreel, Les sophistes; Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus, Hippias (Neuchatel 1948)
W.K.C. Guthrie, The History of Greek Philosophy, vol. III: The fifth-Century Enlightment (Cambridge 1969)
P. Woodruff, "Plato's Early Theory of Knowledge," in H. Benson (ed.), Essays on the Philosophy of Socrates (Oxford 1992)
E. Dupreel, Les sophistes; Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus, Hippias (Neuchatel 1948)
W.K.C. Guthrie, The History of Greek Philosophy, vol. III: The fifth-Century Enlightment (Cambridge 1969)
P. Woodruff, "Plato's Early Theory of Knowledge," in H. Benson (ed.), Essays on the Philosophy of Socrates (Oxford 1992)
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Revision history6 revisions · last 30 Dec 2013
- added primary note and another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Small editorial corrections, plus improvement of translation. — Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- restorative and other cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Revised — Svetla Slaveva
- Translated — Marisa Divenosa