Summary and Analysis by Section

Book X: Section I

Lycurgus a real or legendary Spartan lawgiver of about the ninth century B.C.

Thales a Greek philosopher (c. 624–546 b.c.) who established the first philosophical school.

Protagoras (481?–411? b.c.) a Greek philosopher of the fifth century B.C., the best known of the Sophists.

Prodicus another Sophist.

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