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Posidonius
Posidonius (; , "of Poseidon") "of Apameia" () or "of Rhodes" () (), was a Greek politician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, historian, mathematician, and teacher native to Apamea, Syria. He was considered the most learned man of his time and, possibly, of the entire Stoic school. After a period learning Stoic philosophy from Panaetius in Athens, he spent many years in travel and scientific researches in Spain, Africa, Italy, Gaul, Liguria, Sicily and on the eastern shores of the Adriatic. He settled as a teacher at Rhodes where his fame attracted numerous scholars. Next to Panaetius he di
Nicolaus of Damascus
1st-century BC historian and philosopher
Aenesidemus
Aenesidemus ( or Αἰνεσίδημος) was a 1st-century BC Greek Pyrrhonist philosopher from Knossos who revived the doctrines of Pyrrho and introduced ten skeptical "modes" (tropai) for the suspension of judgment. He broke with the Academic Skepticism that was predominant in his time, synthesizing the teachings of Heraclitus and Timon of Phlius with philosophical skepticism. Although his primary work, the Pyrrhonian Discourses, has been lost, an outline of the work survives from the later Byzantine Empire, and the description of the modes has been preserved by a few ancient sources.
Andronicus of Rhodes
ancient Greek philosopher
Philodemus
Philodemus of Gadara (, Philodēmos, "love of the people"; – prob. or 35 BC) was an Epicurean philosopher and poet. He studied under Zeno of Sidon in Athens, before moving to Rome, and then to Herculaneum. He was once known chiefly for his poetry preserved in the Greek Anthology, but since the 18th century, many writings of his have been discovered among the charred papyrus rolls at the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum. The task of excavating and deciphering these rolls is difficult, and work continues to this day. The works of Philodemus so far discovered include writings on ethics, theology
Antiochus of Ascalon
ancient Greek philosopher
Meleager of Gadara
1st-century BC Greek poet
Philo of Larissa
ancient Greek philosopher
Zeno of Sidon
Epicurean philosopher from the Phoenician city of Sidon (150-c. 75 BCE)
Alexandros Polyhistor
1st-century BC Greek scholar
Arius Didymus
1st century BCE Greek Stoic philosopher
Eudorus of Alexandria
1st century BC Greco-Egyptian philosopher
Athenodoros Cananites
Greek Stoic philosopher (c.74 BC - 7 AD)
Athenaeus Mechanicus
author of a Hellenistic summary of siege engines
Charmadas
Charmadas (; also Charmides (Χαρμίδης); 168/7 – 103/91 BC) was a Greek academic skeptic philosopher and a disciple of Carneades at the Academy in Athens. He was famous for his elegant style. Charmadas introduced the teaching of rhetoric into the Academy and is said to have had many students. He was a pupil of Carneades for seven years (145–138 BC) and later he led his own school in the Ptolemaion, a gymnasium in Athens. He was from Alexandria and seems to have lived there, before he went to Athens around 145 BC He was an excellent rhetorician and famous for his outstanding memory and for his a
Athenodoros Cordylion
stoic philosopher
Phaedrus the Epicurean
ancient Greek philosopher
Cratippus of Pergamon
ancient Greek philosopher
Boethus of Sidon
Peripatetic philosopher from Sidon 75-10BC
Dardanus of Athens
ancient Greek philosopher
Xenarchus of Seleucia
1st century BC Greek Peripatetic philosopher and grammarian
Diodotus the Stoic
Stoic philosopher
Mnesarchus of Athens
Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 160 – c. 85 BC)
Antipater of Tyre
ancient Greek philosopher
Aristion
Aristion (Greek: Άριστίων; died 1 March 86 BC in Athens) was a philosopher who became tyrant of Athens from 88 BC until he was executed in 86 BC. Aristion joined forces with King Mithridates VI of Pontus against Greece's overlords, the Romans, fighting alongside Pontic forces during the First Mithridatic War, but to no avail. On 1 March 86 BC, after a long and destructive siege, Athens was taken by the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla, who had Aristion executed.
Asclepiodotus
ancient Greek writer and philosopher
Anaxilaus
Anaxilaus or Anaxilas of Larissa (; century BC) was a physician and Pythagorean philosopher. According to Eusebius, he was banished from Rome in 28 BC by Augustus on the charge of practicing magic. Anaxilaus wrote about the "magical" properties of minerals, herbs, and other substances and derived drugs, and is cited by Pliny in this regard. His exceptional knowledge of natural science allowed him to produce tricks that were mistaken for magic.
Apellicon of Teos
politician and collector of books from ancient Athens
Dio of Alexandria
ancient Greek philosopher
Potamo of Alexandria
eclectic philosopher
Metrodorus of Scepsis
ancient rhetorician and historian
Patro the Epicurean
philosopher
Aristos of Ascalon
ancient Greek philosopher
Dercyllides
Dercyllides was an ancient Greek Platonist philosopher. There survive only quotations or paraphrases of his work in later writers, no complete works.
Nicias of Nicaea
ancient Greek biographer and historian