SOPHIST WALLOPS HAUGHTY HELEN SQUARE ON PROBOSCIS. SPARTANS GNASH MOLARS. ITHACANS VOW PEN IS CHAMP.

the professor introduces a Greek philosopher

—You remind me of Antisthenes, the professor said, a disciple of Gorgias, the sophist. It is said of him that none could tell if he were bitterer against others or against himself. He was the son of a noble and a bondwoman. And he wrote a book in which he took away the palm of beauty from Argive Helen and handed it to poor Penelope. Poor Penelope. Penelope Rich. They made ready to cross O’Connell street.

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Antisthenes was a Greek philosopher and a pupil of not only Gorgias but also Socratese. He is primarily known for espousing the superiority of virtue over pleasure, living a lifestyle in which he abstained from all sensual enjoyment. (source)