Hippias’ Trojan Dialogue
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Hippias’ Trojan Dialogue is a lost Sophistic work, likely a rhetorical or philosophical treatment of themes from the Trojan War, attributed to the 5th-century BCE sophist Hippias of Elis.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sophistic work
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ancient Greek prose work ⓘ dialogue ⓘ lost work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Greek philosophy
NERFINISHED
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Greek rhetoric ⓘ Sophistic movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Hippias of Elis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Hippias of Elis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical work
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rhetorical work ⓘ |
| historicalFigureDepicted | Trojan War heroes ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose dialogue (probable) ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Sophistic literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme | Trojan War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originPlace | Greek world ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext | early Greek sophistry ⓘ |
| possibleForm | dialogue between mythological or heroic figures ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Homeric epics
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Trojan cycle myths ⓘ |
| scholarlyStatus | fragmentarily attested ⓘ |
| status | lost ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
mythological themes from the Trojan War
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rhetorical treatment of epic material ⓘ |
| survival | known only from later references ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| workCompleteness | extant only in title or brief notices ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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