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Prodicus of Ceos

Prodicus

also: Prodicus Cius, Prodicus of Ceos

Sophist of Ceos (5th century BC), noted for precise distinctions of synonyms and the fable 'The Choice of Heracles.' Cicero (Brutus 30) lists him among the great teachers of speaking.

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On the Orator rhetoric · 1 mention
Brutus rhetoric · 2 mentions

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