I.a Grecian sophist of Ceos, contemporary with Socrates, author of the story of The Choice of Hercules, Cic. Brut. 8, 30; id. de Or. 3, 32, 128; Quint. 3, 1, 12.—Hence,
II. Prŏdĭcĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Prodicus: “Prodicius Hercules,” Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.