Gorgias Atheniensis v1. Jh. / 2. Jh

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Name:
Gorgias Atheniensis v1. Jh. / 2. Jh
Alt names:
Γοργίας
Gorgias, Historicus
Gorgias, Iunior
Gorgias, Rhetor
Gorgias, der Jüngere
Gorgias, the Younger
Gorgias, von Athen
Field of activity:
Historian
Notes:
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: "Gorgias, of Athens, a rhetorician of the time of Cicero. Young M. Cicero, when at Athens, received instructions from Gorgias in declamation, but his father desired him to dismiss him. (Cic. Fam. 16.21.) It appears from Plutarch (Plut. Cic. 24) that Gorgias led a dissolute life, and also corrupted his pupils
and this circumstance was probably the cause of Cicero's aversion to him. Gorgias was the author of several works...."
Brill's New Pauly: "Greek rhetor of the 1st cent. BC, probably from Athens. He was the younger Cicero's teacher in 44 until the latter's father forbade their contact (Cic. Fam. 16,21,6
Plut. Cicero 873ab). Seneca (Controv. 1,4,7) mentions G., but the Greek quotations have been lost in the transmission. G. wrote a work on figures of speech (περὶ σχημάτων
perì schēmátōn) in 4 bks., translated into Latin by his contemporary Rutilius Lupus..." Weißenberger, Michael (Greifswald). "Gorgias." Brill’s New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider. Brill Online, 2015.
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