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Prodicus (Prodicos, Prodikos) of Ceos (Keos), fl. 5th century BC. Ancient Greek Sophist philosopher and famed rhetorician and disciple of Protagoras. He is said to have been a teacher of Socrates, and like his pupil, he was slain by the Athenians for his subversive teachings.

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• Cosmos of the Ancients: Prodicus of Ceos

  http://www.stenudd.com/greekphilosophers/prodicus.htm
  Concise article on this thinker, by Stefan Stenudd.

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Prodicus

  http://www.iep.utm.edu/prodicus/
  Short article on this leading Sophist.

• Plato and His Dialogues: Prodicus of Ceos

  http://plato-dialogues.org/tools/char/prodicus.htm
  A resource provided by the Perseus Project, with links to every mention of this Sophist in Plato's dialogues.

• Wikipedia: Prodicus

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodicus
  Article incorporating information from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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