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Appendix 1: The Protagonists
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 July 2020
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As already noted in Chapter 1, it is difficult to pinpoint the number and identity of all the sophists who in the fifth century bc travelled from city to city educating Greece, as Hegel put it, or corrupting it, as Aristophanes believed. In what follows, an attempt will be made to provide an exhaustive overview of the most authoritative sophists, without overlooking those minor, or not so well-documented, figures who present some interesting features.
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1 In certain cases, these profiles draw and expand upon the introductory notes provided by Bonazzi 2007 (on Protagoras, see too Bonazzi 2009b). Other detailed presentations may be found in Kent Sprague 1972, Kerferd 1981a: 42–58, Guthrie 1971: 261–319, and Pradeau 2009a. With regard to the Platonic figures, Nails 2002 is also very useful. On ancient philosophers more generally, I will refer to Goulet 1989–2018.
2 For an initial overview, I will refer to Bonazzi 2007: 52–6. Significantly, the two recent monographs by Hourcade 2001 and Gagarin 2002 favour the unitary reading; see also Decleva Caizzi 1969, Narcy 1989, and now Laks and Most 2016, vol. ix. Nevertheless, it is important to note with Woodruff 2004 that, however widespread this interpretation may be, it is not universally accepted: Pendrick 2002 once again supports the arguments of the separatists.
3 Possibly part of the broader work entitled the Seasons (Horai): see p. 118, n. 35.
4 Kerferd 1981a: 46.
5 Centanni 1997: 178.
6 Dodds 1959: 12–15. The hypothesis of a premature death is based on a prophecy post eventum, at Gorgias, 519a.
7 Kerferd 1981a: 54.
8 Mazzarino 1966: 285–6.
9 See also T. Robinson 1979 and Maso 2018.
10 A succinct overview of the other anonymous treatises attributed to sophists may be found in Kerferd and Flashar 1998: 97–107.