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The Presocratic Writings
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Presocratic Writings - English
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Gorgias of Leontîni
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128:1 444-441 B.C.

130:1 πλίγμα 'hold in wrestling', emendation of Diels from MSS. αἴνιγμα, 'riddle'.

134:1 This speech has at first sight little philosophical interest; but its influence on forensic oratory, and therefore doubtless on education, cannot be over-estimated.