Gorgias

Gorgias in Wikipedia

Gorgias (Greek: Γοργίας, ca. 485-c.380 BCE)[1] "the Nihilist", Greek sophist, pre-socratic philosopher and rhetorician, was a native of Leontini in Sicily. Along with Protagoras, he forms the first generation of Sophists. Several doxographers report that he was a pupil of Empedocles, although he would only have been a few years younger. "Like other...

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Gorgias in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

A Greek sophist and rhetorician, known as "the Nihilist," a native of Leontini in Sicily. In B.C. 427, when already advanced in years, he came to Athens on an embassy from his native city, to implore aid against the Syracusans. The finished style of his speaking excited general admiration. He was successful in the object of his mission, and immedia...

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