Polemon of Athens

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Polemon was a 2nd century BCE Greek Stoic philosopher and geographer. Of Athenian citizenship, he is known as Polemon of Athens, he was born either in Ilium, Samos, or Sicyon, and is also known as Polemon of Ilium.

The son of Euegetes, he was a contemporary of Aristophanes of Byzantium and Ptolemy Epiphanes. He was a follower of the philosopher Panaetius. Travelling extensively to collect information for his geography, his specialty was the collection of epigrams. He is frequently quoted by Athenaeus.


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  • Smith, William, ed. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1870. Online at [1] accessed 22 May 2006
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