Prodicus the Sophist: Text, Translation, and Commentary

by Robert Mayhew

The past fifty years have witnessed the flourishing of scholarship in virtually every area of ancient Greek philosophy, but the sophists have for the most part been neglected. This is certainly true of Prodicus of Ceos: of the four most well-known sophists--Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus, and Antiphon--he has received the least attention. Robert Mayhew provides a reassessment of his life and thought, and especially his views on language, religion,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199607877
• ISBN13: 9780199607877
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"