How to pronounce“gorgias”in English

Gorgias, a contemporary of Socrates, said Socrates couldn’t grow a beard and that he would sneak into barbershops and steal discarded clippings to fashion fake beards

Gorgias was a real guy, who differed with Socrates on many things, and the dispute was said to have gotten personal.

Gorgias’ gossip didn’t go over well with everyone, and in this instance, let’s say you are skeptical about it too.

Gorgias was known for being a gossip, and for hating Socrates, and trying to make him look bad. Therefore, we can’t take Gorgias’

You had in the agora of Athens Gorgias, Pythagoras, Callicles, who were just fighting for their truth.

So there's a debate between Socrates and Gorgias, who's a rhetorician and a public speaker, and Socrates, accuses

According to accounts of the time, Gorgias actually spread the rumor that Socrates wore, like, a beard-wig, in an effort to shame and discredit his rival.