Hippias of Elis
c. 460-c. 400 B.C.
Greek Mathematician
Rarely does the personality of a mathematician or scientist play a significant role in his biography, but Hippias was so widely known as a bragga...
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Hippias of Elis
Hippias of Elis, the Greek Sophist and polymath, was probably born before 460 BCE. The date of his death is not known, but Plato speaks of him as one of the leading Sophists at the tim...
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