Gorgias' visit to Athens

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Gorgias' visit and the rhetorical exhibition he displayed before the Athenians is traditionally considered as coinciding with the apparition of rhetoric as a wide-spread discipline at Athens.

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11229 Gorgias' visit to Athens 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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