EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY VIII
PROTAGORAS [80DK]
P Father and City (P1)P1 (< A1) Diog. Laert. 9.50
Πρωταγόρας Ἀρτέμωνος ἤ, ὡς Ἀπολλόδωρος [FGrHist 244 F70] καὶ Δίνων1 ἐν Περσικῶν εʹ2 [FGrHist 690 F6], Μαιανδρίου, Ἀβδηρίτης, καθά φησιν Ἡρακλείδης ὁ Ποντικὸς ἐν τοῖς Περὶ νόμων [Frag. 150 Wehrli] [. . . = P12]· ὡς δ’ Εὔπολις ἐν Κόλαξιν [Frag. 157 K–A], Τήιος· φησὶ γάρ·
Chronology (P2–P4)ἔνδον3 μέν ἐστι Πρωταγόρας ὁ Τήιος.
P2 Plat.
a (< A5) Protag. 317c
[ΠΡ.] καίτοι πολλά γε ἔτη ἤδη εἰμὶ ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ· καὶ
PROTAGORAS
PROTAGORAS
P Father and City (P1)P1 (< A1) Diogenes Laertius
Protagoras, son of Artemon, or, according to Apollodorus, and Dino in Book 5 of his Persica, of Maeandrius. He was from Abdera, according to what Heraclides of Pontus says in his On Laws [. . .]; but according to Eupolis in his Flatterers, he was from Teos, for he says,
Chronology (P2–P4)Inside is Protagoras of Teos. [cf. DRAM. T18b]
P2 Plato
a (< A5) Protagoras
[Protagoras:] And yet it is already many years that I have spent in the profession; for indeed, taken all together, the