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Those ancient Greeks who called themselves, or were called by others, Sophists. The term was popular both in the 5th century BC and the 2nd century AD (the Second Sophistic). The target of sophist as an insult does not belong here.
A sophist (Greek: σοφιστής, romanized: sophistēs) was a teacher in ancient Greece in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. Sophists specialized in one or more subject areas, such as philosophy, rhetoric, music, athletics and mathematics. They taught arete, "virtue" or "excellence", predominantly to young statesmen and nobility.
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The former railroad station for the B&O Railroad, an east-west line through Athens County. 2: Athens County Infirmary: Athens County Infirmary: May 1, 2003 : 13183 State Route 13: Dover Township: Currently known as "The County Farm" or "The County Home." Today, it houses Job & Family Services. 3
The name Antiphon the Sophist (/ ˈ æ n t ə ˌ f ɒ n,-ən /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιφῶν) is used to refer to the writer of several Sophistic treatises. He probably lived in Athens in the last two decades of the 5th century BC, but almost nothing is known of his life.
Epiphanius of Petra (Ancient Greek: Ἐπιφάνιος ὁ Πετραῖος), also called Epiphanius of Syria, was an Arab sophist and rhetorician at Athens in the first half of the fourth century AD. He is described as coming from Petra in Arabia by the Suda, a ninth-century Byzantine encyclopaedia, but as coming from Syria by Eunapius.
Gallipolis is the county seat of Gallia County. This town was first settled in 1790 by Europeans. The town is located along the Ohio River in the Appalachian region. It is the third-oldest ...
Apollonius οf Athens (Ancient Greek: Άπολλώνιος ό Άθηναίος), also known as Apollonius of Naucratis, was a Greek sophist and rhetorician who lived in the time of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus, at the end of the 2nd century. Apollonius was a pupil of the sophists Adrianus and Chrestus.