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name: Hippias of Elis
name_greek: Ἱππίας ὁ Ἠλεῖος
eul_aid: dqg
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/hippias-of-elis-dqg"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic
works_count: 4
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Hippias of Elis

*Ἱππίας ὁ Ἠλεῖος*

**eul_aid:** `dqg` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/hippias-of-elis-dqg)

Hippias of Elis was a classical Greek sophist and contemporary of Socrates. Read his surviving works. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments on Olympic Victors](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippias-elis-olympic-victors-dqg-ad) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ὀλυμπιονικῶν* · `dqg-ad`
- [On the Compilation of Knowledge](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippias-elis-compilation-knowledge-dqg-ac) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `dqg-ac`
- [Testimonies 1](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippias-elis-testimonies-dqg-aa) — *Μαρτυρίαι Α'* · `dqg-aa`
- [Testimonies 2](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippias-elis-testimonies-2-dqg-ab) — *Μαρτυρίαι Β'* · `dqg-ab`

## License and provenance

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