Polus was an Ancient Greek Athenian philosophical figure who lived in the fifth century BCE. He was a pupil of the famous orator Gorgias, and teacher of rhetoric from the city of Acragas, Sicily. Note: This article contains special characters. ... For other uses, see Athens (disambiguation). ... (6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) The 5th and 6th centuries BC are a period of philosophical brilliance among advanced civilizations. ... Orator is a Latin word for speaker (from the Latin verb oro, meaning I speak or I pray). In ancient Rome, the art of speaking in public (Ars Oratoria) was a professional competence especially cultivated by politicians and lawyers. ... Gorgias (in Greek Γοργἰας, circa 483-376 BC) // Introduction Due to his ushering in of rhetorical innovations involving structure and ornamentation and his introduction of paradoxologia – the idea of paradoxical thought and paradoxical expression – Gorgias of Leontini has been labeled the ‘father of sophistry’ (Wardy 6). ... Rhetoric (from Greek ρήτωρ, rhêtôr, orator) is one of the three original liberal arts or trivium (the other members are dialectic and grammar) in Western culture. ... Map of central Mediterranean Sea, showing location of Agrigentum (modern Agrigento). ... Sicilian disambiguates here; see also Sicilian language or Sicilian Defence. ...

All that is known of Polus derives from the Socratic dialogues of Plato - which suggests he was an associate of Socrates. He features heavily in the dialogue entitled Gorgias on the nature of government as a rude and volatile character - this is noted in his entrance¹. Socratic dialogue (Greek Σωκρατικός λόγος or Σωκρατικός διάλογος), is a prose literary form developed in Greece at the turn of the fourth century BCE, preserved today in the dialogues of Plato and the Socratic works of Xenophon - either dramatic or narrative - in which characters discuss moral and philosophical problems. ... Plato Plato (Greek: Πλάτων Plátōn) (ca. ... Gorgias refers to the last dialogue that Plato wrote before leaving Athens. ...

Polus is also the Roman name for the Greek Titan Coeus, as well as the name of a military satellite launched by the Soviet Union. In Greek mythology, Coeus (also Koios) was the Titan of intelligence. ... On May 15, 1987, an Energia rocket flew for the first time. ...

References

1. 461b, Gorgias by Plato.