Dionysodorus

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fictional character literary character sophist

Dionysodorus is a sophist who appears as a debating character in Plato’s dialogue "Euthydemus," known for his eristic and paradoxical argumentation.

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Label	Occurrences
Dionysodorus canonical	6
Dionysodorus (character)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ sophist ⓘ
appearsIn	Euthydemus ⓘ
appearsInGenre	Platonic dialogue ⓘ
associatedWith	Euthydemus (sophist) ⓘ surface form: Euthydemus (dialogue) Plato ⓘ
contrastedWith	Socrates ⓘ
createdBy	Plato ⓘ
dialoguePartnerOf	Cleinias ⓘ surface form: Clinias Ctesippus ⓘ Euthydemus (sophist) ⓘ Socrates ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearsIn	Socratic dialogue ⓘ
goalInDebate	victory in argument ⓘ
hasSibling	Euthydemus (sophist) ⓘ
hasThemeInWork	critique of sophistry ⓘ distinction between wisdom and eristic skill ⓘ
knownFor	eristic argumentation ⓘ paradoxical argumentation ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
medium	written dialogue ⓘ
occupation	sophist ⓘ
philosophicalSignificance	example of sophistic reasoning criticized by Plato ⓘ
philosophicalStyle	eristic ⓘ sophistry ⓘ
portrayedAs	master of contentious debate ⓘ teacher of argument for victory rather than truth ⓘ
roleInWork	debating character in Plato’s dialogue "Euthydemus" ⓘ
teaches	eristic techniques ⓘ
timeOfCompositionContext	4th century BCE (Plato’s lifetime) ⓘ
usesTechnique	equivocation ⓘ verbal paradoxes ⓘ
workContext	Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ