# Prodicus

> A sophist who earned Socrates' friendship — rare among the philosophers-for-hire who wandered fifth-century Athens. Prodicus made language itself the subject, dissecting words with a precision that shaped how Greeks thought about meaning and choice.

*Greek philosopher (c. 465 – c. 395 BC)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/prodicus

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** -460
- **Died:** -380
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Prodicus came from the island of Ceos around 465 BC, arriving in Athens as an ambassador and staying on as a teacher. Unlike most sophists, he won Plato's respect and appeared in the dialogues as Socrates' actual companion; one ancient writer even suggested Socrates borrowed his teaching methods. His curriculum centered on linguistics — the fine distinctions between words — and ethics, particularly a speech that survives in outline: Heracles at a crossroads, forced to choose between Virtue and Vice. He also read religion through a naturalist lens, stripping myth down to material explanations. He died around 395 BC, remembered as the sophist the philosophers didn't entirely despise.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.3 / 100
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- **Now attention:** 10.5 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Academics, #Academic, #Philosophy, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodicus)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q297402)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Prodicus)
- [Prodik](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodik)
- [Prodiko](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodiko)
- [Pròdic de Ceos](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%B2dic_de_Ceos)
- [Prodikos z Keu](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodikos_z_Keu)
- [Prodikos von Keos](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodikos_von_Keos)
- [Πρόδικος ο Κείος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%9A%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Pródico de Ceos](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%B3dico_de_Ceos)
- [Prodikos](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodikos)
- [Prodiko Keakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodiko_Keakoa)
- [پرودیکوس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Prodikos](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodikos)
- [Prodicos de Céos](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodicos_de_C%C3%A9os)
- [Pródico de Ceos](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%B3dico_de_Ceos)
- [Prodik](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodik)
- [Keoszi Prodikosz](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keoszi_Prodikosz)
- [Պրոդիկոս](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%BD)
- [Prodikos](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodikos)
- [Pródíkos](https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%B3d%C3%ADkos)
- [Prodico](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodico)
- [プロディコス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9)
- [Prodikas](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodikas)
- [Prodicus](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodicus)
- [Wikiquote](https://el.wikiquote.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%9A%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Prodico)
- [Wikiquote](https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pr%C3%B3dico)
- [Wikiquote](https://sk.wikiquote.org/wiki/Prodikos)
- [بروديكوس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3)

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