087 Rhetoric and the Sophists
The History of Ancient Greece
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Socrates and Protagris
Socrates asks Protagris if the attributes that form virtue, such as bravery, kindness, wisdom, and so forth, are one or many things. Protagris avoids engaging in dialogue and digresses into a speech which does not answer the question sufficiently at all but still manages to arouse the excitement of the young public. Socrates complains that Protagris is long-winded, like a gong that booms when you strike it, and won't stop until you lay a hand on it. The men agree to compromise their styles so that the discussion could continue. In the end, Socrates seems to have won the argument, but he comes to the fact that if all virtue is
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