Protagoras

[proh-tag-er-uhs]

noun

1. c480–c421 b.c., Greek Sophist philosopher.

Protagoras

/ prəʊˈtæɡəˌræs /

noun

1. ?485–?411 _bc , Greek philosopher and sophist, famous for his dictum "Man is the measure of all things."

Other Word Forms

• Protagorean adjective
• Protagoreanism noun

Example Sentences

In Plato’s “Protagoras,” Socrates argues that dancing girls have no place in philosophical gatherings.

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You know, it goes back to Plato’s Protagoras.

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At one particularly erudite confrontation, the movie director Michelangelo Antonioni is pitted against an unprepossessing old woman; still another requires the group’s mysterious leader, known as the Great Protagoras, to face an upstart challenger.

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Anaxagoras, Protagoras, and of course Socrates were hauled up on charges of heresy and impiety.

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According to one tradition, when the philosopher Protagoras was convicted on charges of heresy, his books were dumped in the city marketplace and burned.

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