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Chrysippus of Soli
Chrysippus of Soli (; , ; ) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was a native of Soli, Cilicia, but moved to Athens as a young man, where he became a pupil of the Stoic philosopher Cleanthes. When Cleanthes died, around 230 BC, Chrysippus became the third head of the Stoic school. A prolific writer, Chrysippus expanded the fundamental doctrines of Cleanthes' mentor Zeno of Citium, the founder and first head of the school, which earned him the title of the Second Founder of Stoicism.
Pietro Aretino
Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist, and blackmailer (1492-1556)
Zeuxis
5th-century BCE Greek painter

Martin of Aragon
King of Aragon from 1396 to 1410
death from laughter
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Thomas Urquhart
Scottish writer and translator