Themista of Lampsacus

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Themista of Lampsacus, the wife of Leonteus, was a student of Epicurus, early in the 3rd century BCE.^[1] Epicurus' school was unusual in the 3rd century, in that it allowed women to attend, and we also hear of Leontion attending Epicurus' school around the same time. Cicero ridicules Epicurus for writing "countless volumes in praise of Themista," instead of more worthy men such as Miltiades, Themistocles or Epaminondas.^[2] Themista and Leonteus named their son Epicurus.^[3]

Notes

↑ Diogenes Laertius, x. 25, 26
↑ Cicero, De Finibus, 2. 21. 68
↑ Diogenes Laertius, x. 26

References

Diogenes Laertius, 10. 5, 25, 26
Lactantius, Divine Institutes, 3. 25. 15
Clement of Alexandria, Stromata, 4. 121. 4
Cicero, In Pisonem, 26. 63; De Finibus, 2. 21. 68

Epicureanism

Philosophers

Greek era	Epicurus Polyaenus Metrodorus Batis Leontion Carneiscus Idomeneus Hermarchus Colotes Themista Leonteus Polystratus Dionysius of Lamptrai Basilides Philonides Diogenes of Tarsus Alcaeus and Philiscus Apollodorus Demetrius Lacon Zeno of Sidon

Roman era	Amafinius Rabirius Titus Albucius Phaedrus Philodemus Lucretius Patro Catius Siro Diogenes of Oenoanda

Philosophy

Epicureanism (cf. Hedonism)
Tetrapharmakos

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Works

On the Nature of Things

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Name	Themista Of Lampsacus
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