Plato, Protagoras, section 316e

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[316e] Herodicus¹ of Selymbria, originally of Megara; and music was the disguise employed by your own Agathocles,² a great sophist, Pythocleides³ of Ceos, and many more. All these, as I say, from fear of ill-will made use of these arts

1 A trainer who also practised medicine

2 A music-teacher

3 A music-teacher

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 3 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967.

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