Hippias (disambiguation) facts for kids

Hippias is a name that can mean a few different things! It's like when you hear a name, and it could belong to different people.

Sometimes, Hippias refers to:

• Hippias (tyrant): He was a ruler, or "tyrant," of the ancient city of Athens in Greece. He was the son of another famous ruler named Peisistratos. Hippias ruled Athens for a while, but eventually, the people of Athens wanted to be free of his rule.

• Hippias (sophist): This Hippias was a very smart teacher and thinker in ancient Greece. People like him were called "sophists." They traveled around teaching subjects like rhetoric (the art of speaking well), mathematics, and astronomy. He was known for being very knowledgeable about many different things.

• Hippias Major and Hippias Minor: These are two famous books, or "dialogues," written by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. In these books, Plato writes about conversations involving the sophist Hippias, discussing ideas like beauty and truth.

• A fictional character: Hippias is also the name of a character in a book called The Crown of Violet by Geoffrey Trease. This book is a historical novel, which means it tells a story set in the past, but the characters and some events are made up.

See also

• Hippia (disambiguation)