Gorgias
Family: Leontini · Role: rhetorician · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 17
Gorgias of Leontini was the son of Carmantides and was said to be the first to practise rhetoric. At Olympia, Eumolpus placed a statue of him, and Gorgias was also famous for his eloquence at the public festival there.
He went with Tisias on an embassy to the Athenians. In Thessaly, Jason ranked him above Polycrates, who had the highest renown in the schools at Athens.
Relationship record
Life events
- Eumolpus placed a statue of Gorgias at Olympia.(Book 6 · Chapter 17 · 📍 Olympia)
- With: Eumolpus
- “Gorgias of Leontini, whose statue was placed at Olympia by Eumolpus, great-grandson of Deicrates who had married Gorgias’ sister.”
- Gorgias became the first reputed practitioner of rhetoric.(Book 6 · Chapter 17)
- “This Gorgias was the son of Carmantides, and is said to have been the first to have practised Rhetoric, which had been altogether neglected and nearly come into desuetude among men.”
- Gorgias and Tisias went on an embassy to the Athenians.(Book 6 · Chapter 17)
- With: Tisias
- “And they say Gorgias was famous for his eloquence at the public festival at Olympia, and went with Tisias on an embassy to the Athenians.”
- Jason ranked Gorgias above Polycrates in reputation among Athenian schools.(Book 6 · Chapter 17 · 📍 Thessaly)
- With: Jason Polycrates
- “and Jason the tyrant in Thessaly put him above Polycrates, who had the highest renown in the schools at Athens.”
Book 6 · Chapter 17
- with Eumolpus (Eumolpus placed Gorgias's statue at Olympia.) “whose statue was placed at Olympia by Eumolpus”
- parent: Carmantides (Carmantides is Gorgias's father.) “This Gorgias was the son of Carmantides”
- with Tisias (Gorgias and Tisias jointly went on an embassy.) “went with Tisias on an embassy to the Athenians”
- with Jason (Jason ranked Gorgias above Polycrates.) “Jason the tyrant in Thessaly put him above Polycrates”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.