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Gorgias was born c. 483 BC in Leontinoi, a Chalcidian colony in eastern Sicily that was allied with Athens. [9] His father's name was Charmantides. [9] He had a brother named Herodicus, who was a physician, and sometimes accompanied him during his travels. [10]
Gorgias accepts this criticism and asserts that it is an advantage of his profession that a man can be considered above specialists without having to learn anything of substance (459c). Socrates calls rhetoric a form of flattery, or pandering, and compares it to pastry baking and self-adorning ( kommōtikōn ).
The Athenians executed the men of fighting age [24] and sold the women and children into slavery. They then settled 500 of their own colonists on the island. [25]In 405 BC, by which time Athens was losing the war, the Spartan general Lysander expelled the Athenian colonists from Melos and restored the survivors of the siege to the island.
Although Athens had never involved itself deeply in Sicilian affairs, it had ties there before the onset of the Peloponnesian War, dating back to at least the mid-5th century BC. [10] To small Sicilian cities, Athens was a potential counter to the powerful city of Syracuse, which was strong enough to potentially dominate the island.
Gorgias did not again dare to enter Judea. Once when Judas and Simon Maccabeus were carrying the war outside of that country, two subordinate generals, Joseph and Azariah, in violation of orders undertook an expedition against Jamnia , but were severely beaten by Gorgias (1 Maccabees v. 18, 19, 55–62), who is designated in "Ant." xii. 8, § 6 ...
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As police searched Ibarra's home in Athens, Georgia, Clark said he did not believe they needed evidence inside the home to make a case. Ibarra remains booked at the Clarke County Jail on multiple ...
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