Hippias

Hippias of Elis was a Greek sophist, and a contemporary of Socrates. With an assurance characteristic of the later sophists, he claimed to be regarded as an authority on all subjects, and lectured on poetry, grammar, history, politics, mathematics, and much else.

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Who was born first?

• Hippias was born 17 years after Democritus
• Hippias was born 22 years after Theodoros of Cyrene
• Hippias was born 26 years before Theaetetus
• Hippias was born 27 years after Philolaus
• Hippias was born 27 years after Hippocrates of Chios

Timeline

1. Hippocrates of Chioscirca 470 BC – 410 BC
2. Philolauscirca 470 BC – circa 390 BC
3. Theodoros of Cyrene465–398 BC
4. Democritus460s BC – 360s BC
5. Hippias (this page)443–399 BC
6. Theaetetuscirca 417 BC – circa 369 BC

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