<b>Euthydemus by&nbsp;Plato</b>&nbsp;<i><b>Euthydemus</b></i>&nbsp;(Greek:&nbsp;&Epsilon;?&theta;?&delta;&eta;&mu;&omicron;&sigmaf;,&nbsp;<i>Euthydemes</i>), written c. 384 BC, is a dialogue by&nbsp;Plato&nbsp;which satirizes what Plato presents as the&nbsp;logical fallacies&nbsp;of the&nbsp;Sophists.[1]&nbsp;In it,&nbsp;Socrates&nbsp;describes to his friend&nbsp;Crito&nbsp;a visit he and various youths paid to two brothers,&nbsp;Euthydemus&nbsp;and&nbsp;Dionysodorus, both of whom were prominent Sophists and&nbsp;pankrationists&nbsp;from&nbsp;Chios&nbsp;and&nbsp;Thurii.<br /><br />The&nbsp;<i>Euthydemus</i>&nbsp;contrasts&nbsp;Socratic argumentation&nbsp;and education with the methods of Sophism, to the detriment of the latter. Throughout the dialogue, Euthydemus and Dionysodorus continually attempt to ensnare Socrates with what are presented as deceptive and meaningless arguments, primarily to demonstrate their professed&nbsp;philosophical&nbsp;superiority.<br /><br />As in many of the&nbsp;Socratic dialogues, the two Sophists against whom Socrates argues were indeed real people. Euthydemus was somewhat famous at the time the dialogue was written, and is mentioned several times by both Plato and&nbsp;Aristotle. Likewise, Dionysodorus is mentioned by&nbsp;Xenophon.