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Prodicus
Prodicus
c. 465 BCE–c. 395 BCE · Athens
Prodicus of Ceos (active later 5th century BCE) was a Greek Sophist and contemporary of Socrates, known especially for his interest in the precise meanings and fine distinctions of words. Ancient sources attribute to him the famous moral fable 'The Choice of Heracles,' in which the hero must choose between the paths of Virtue and Vice. His works survive only in fragments and reports by later writers.
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The intellectual capital of the Greek world, where Socrates questioned in the agora and four great schools—Plato's Academy, Aristotle's Lyceum, the Stoa, and Epicurus' Garden—took root within a single square mile.
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