Thrasymachan
Thrasymachan,
named for Thrasymachus, of Chalcedon in Bithynia. Thrasymachus was a Greek sophist and rhetorician in the last quarter of the fifth century B.C.E. He is referred to in Plato's Republic as a Sophist, along with Protagoras, Gorgias, and Hippias. Thrasymachus is credited with defending the proposition that might is right. He played a part in the development of Attic oratorical style, emphasizing the importance of rhythm and of polished sentence structure. A Thraysmachan is one who, as with the namesake, defends actions as right because of might.
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