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Hippias of Elis
Hippias of Elis was a Greek sophist of the late 5th century BCE, a contemporary of Socrates. He served Elis as an envoy and was famous for his wide learning in mathematics, astronomy, history and the arts, and for his powerful memory. He compiled a list of Olympic victors, and appears in two dialogues attributed to Plato, the Hippias Major and Hippias Minor.
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