Antimoerus

Antimoerus (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίμοιρος) was a sophist of ancient Greece. He was a native of Mende in Thrace, and is mentioned with praise among the disciples of the sophist Protagoras.^[1][2] This is the only reference to Antimoerus that has survived to the present day.^[3]

Because those studying with sophists were typically obtaining their education in order to enter a political career, Antimoerus was unusual in that he was studying with Protagoras in order to follow in his teacher's footsteps and become a sophist himself.^[4][5]

Notes

1. Plato, Protagoras p. 315a.
2. Themistius, Orat. xxix. p. 347d
3. Wolfsdorf, David (2015). "Sophistic Method and Practice". In Bloomer, W. Martin (ed.). Blackwell Companion to Ancient Education. Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 73. ISBN 9781444337532. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
4. O'Grady, Patricia (2013). The Sophists: An Introduction. A&C Black. p. 155. ISBN 9781472521194. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
5. Pangle, Thomas L.; Lomax, J. Harvey (2013). Political Philosophy Cross-Examined: Perennial Challenges to the Philosophic Life. Recovering Political Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 8. ISBN 9781137299635. Retrieved 2016-01-24.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Antimoerus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 191.