Protagoras

Protagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and rhetorical theorist. He is numbered as one of the sophists by Plato. In his dialogue Protagoras, Plato credits him with inventing the role of the professional sophist.

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Who was born first?

• Protagoras was born 4 years after Empedocles
• Protagoras was born 6 years after Sophocles
• Protagoras was born 7 years before Zisi
• Protagoras was born 8 years after Hippodamus of Miletus
• Protagoras was born 10 years after Fan Li

Timeline

1. Fan Li500–448 BC
2. Hippodamus of Miletus498–408 BC
3. Sophoclescirca 496 BC – circa 406 BC
4. Empedoclescirca 494 BC – circa 434 BC
5. Protagoras (this page)circa 490 BC – circa 420 BC
6. Zisi483–402 BC

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