Dionysodorus
historical figure · 3 works · 5 mentions · 20 anchored passages
the defendant · the pair · this fellow · this man
in the texts
Euthydemus
Younger of the two sophist brothers, who joins Euthydemus in a rapid series of eristic arguments, including the claims that wishing improvement is wishing death and that contradiction is impossible.
Is that so?
asked Ctesippus:
Well, what of that?
Against Dionysodorus
The defendant in the suit, a shipowner who together with his partner Parmeniscus borrowed three thousand drachmae from the speaker and Pamphilus on the security of his ship, then diverted the vessel to Rhodes and Egypt in breach of the loan agreement and has withheld repayment for two years.
In the first place, when he says that the ship was disabled, I think it is plain to you all that he is lying.
But the fellow treated us with such insolence as to declare that he would not pay the interest stipulated in the agreement.
But I should be glad to ask you yourself, Dionysodorus, whether you are speaking of the ship as having been lost, or as having arrived safe.
Memorabilia
A visiting teacher who advertises that he teaches generalship at Athens; an aspiring general is sent to study under him.
He once heard that Dionysodorus had arrived at Athens, and gave out that he was going to teach generalship.
Then pray go back and ask him. If he knows and has a conscience, he will be ashamed to send you home ill-taught, after taking your money.