Hippias

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Hippias, ae, m., = Ἱππίας.

I A son of Pisistratus tyrant of Athens , and brother of Hipparchus , after whose assassination he fled to the Persians; he fell in the battle of Marathon , Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3; Gell. 9, 2, 10.—

II A famous sophist of Elis in the time of Socrates , Cic. Brut. 8, 30; 85, 292; id. de Or. 3, 32, 127 al.—

III A famous painter , Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 141.