Dionysodorus

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Dionysodorus is a sophist who appears as a debating character in Plato’s dialogue "Euthydemus," known for his eristic and paradoxical argumentation.

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Label Occurrences
Dionysodorus canonical 6
Dionysodorus (character) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
sophist ⓘ
appearsIn Euthydemus ⓘ
appearsInGenre Platonic dialogue ⓘ
associatedWith Euthydemus (dialogue) ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
contrastedWith Socrates ⓘ
createdBy Plato ⓘ
dialoguePartnerOf Clinias ⓘ
linked to: Cleinias

Ctesippus ⓘ
Euthydemus (sophist) ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearsIn Socratic dialogue ⓘ
goalInDebate victory in argument ⓘ
hasSibling Euthydemus (sophist) ⓘ
hasThemeInWork critique of sophistry ⓘ
distinction between wisdom and eristic skill ⓘ
knownFor eristic argumentation ⓘ
paradoxical argumentation ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
medium written dialogue ⓘ
occupation sophist ⓘ
philosophicalSignificance example of sophistic reasoning criticized by Plato ⓘ
philosophicalStyle eristic ⓘ
sophistry ⓘ
portrayedAs master of contentious debate ⓘ
teacher of argument for victory rather than truth ⓘ
roleInWork debating character in Plato’s dialogue "Euthydemus" ⓘ
teaches eristic techniques ⓘ
timeOfCompositionContext 4th century BCE (Plato’s lifetime) ⓘ
usesTechnique equivocation ⓘ
verbal paradoxes ⓘ
workContext Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Euthydemus → featuresCharacter → Dionysodorus ⓘ
Euthydemus → featuresCharacter → Dionysodorus ⓘ
subject linked to: "Euthydemus" by Plato
Euthydemus → dialogueParticipants → Dionysodorus ⓘ
subject linked to: "Euthydemus" by Plato
Euthydemus → hasSibling → Dionysodorus ⓘ
subject linked to: Euthydemus (sophist)
Euthydemus → collaboratesWith → Dionysodorus ⓘ
subject linked to: Euthydemus (sophist)
Euthydemus → associatedWith → Dionysodorus ⓘ
subject linked to: Euthydemus (sophist)
Cleinias → associatedWith → Dionysodorus (character) ⓘ
linked to: Dionysodorus