Polus
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Polus (Greek: Πῶλος, "colt"; fl. c. 5th century BCE) was an ancient Greek philosophical figure best remembered for his depiction in the writing of Plato. He was a pupil of the famous orator Gorgias, and teacher of oratory from the city of Acragas, Sicily.
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It sits within the topics 5th-century BC Greek philosophers, Ancient Athenians and Ancient Greek ethicists.
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- 3
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- Last Royals of Portsmouth
- Portsmouth
- Dreams of Lies and Delusions
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Akragas
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Student of
- Gorgias
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- date of birth
- 0500-01-01
- date of death
- 0460-00-00
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
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Polus (Greek: Πῶλος, "colt"; fl. c. 5th century BCE) was an ancient Greek philosophical figure best remembered for his depiction in the writing of Plato. He was a pupil of the famous orator Gorgias, and teacher of oratory from the city of Acragas, Sicily.
==Views== Almost everything that is known about Polus comes from the Socratic dialogues of Plato. He features heavily in the Gorgias, a dialogue on the nature of rhetoric. Polus also appears in the Phaedrus and the Theages. Outside of Plato's work, he is also mentioned in Book 1 of Aristotle's Metaphysics.
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