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Hippias of Elis

Hippias

Greek sophist (c. 460-400 BC), boasted of his polymath self-sufficiency: he had made the very ring, cloak, and sandals he wore (De Or. 3.127).

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On the Orator rhet · 1 mention
Brutus rhet · 1 mention

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