The Great Sophists in Periclean Athens by Jacqueline de Romilly

The Great Sophists in Periclean Athens

Jacqueline de Romilly with Janet Lloyd (Translator)

280 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics history philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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The arrival of the Sophists in Athens in the middle of the fifth century B.C. was a major intellectual event, for they brought with them a new method of teaching founded on rhetoric and bold doctrines which broke away from tradition. In this book ...

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