Leontini
Sicily
Leontini, modern Lentini in southeastern Sicily, was a Greek colony founded by settlers from Naxos. It was the birthplace of the sophist and rhetorician Gorgias, who as an envoy to Athens in 427 BC introduced his ornate rhetorical style to the Greek mainland.
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Teachers who lived here
Works composed here
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Gorgias of Leontini: Fragments & Testimonia
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Encomium of Helen
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Defense of Palamedes
Ideas shaped here
Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Leontini. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.