Gorgias

[ gawr-jee-uhs ]
/ ˈgɔr dʒi əs /

noun

c483–c375 b.c., Greek philosopher.

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Gorgias
/ (ˈɡɔːdʒɪəs) /

noun

?485–?380 bc, Greek sophist and rhetorician, subject of a dialogue by Plato
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