Hippias
Americannoun
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The Greek tyrant Hippias lunged at Piper, his dagger raised, but Piper blasted him point-blank in the chest with a lovely pot roast.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
Plato reflects this theory in making Hippias declare that the measure of man's right is what the state commands.
From Concerning Justice by Emery, Lucilius A.
Why and for what reasons did Hippias fix on the year 776 B.C. as the commencement of his list?
From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland
Hippias of Elis invented a certain curve called the quadratrix, by means of which he could square the circle and trisect any angle.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
I have suspicions about Œbotas, placed in the 6th Ol. by Hippias, but about the 75th by the common tradition of the Greeks.
From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland
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