Archedemus of Tarsus

Archedemus (Greek: Άρχέδημος) of Tarsus,[1] a Stoic philosopher who flourished c. 140 BC. Two of his works: On the Voice (Greek: Περὶ Φωνῆς) and On Elements (Greek: Περὶ Στοιχείων), are mentioned by Diogenes Laërtius.[2]

He is probably the same person as the Archedemus, whom Plutarch calls an Athenian, and who, he states, went into Parthia and founded a school of Stoic philosophers at Babylon.[3]

Archedemus is also mentioned by Cicero,[4] Seneca,[5] Epictetus,[6] and other ancient writers.

Notes

  1. ↑ Strabo, Geography, xiv; Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Philosophers, vii.
  2. ↑ Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Philosophers, vii.
  3. ↑ Plutarch, de Exilio, 14.
  4. ↑ Cicero, Acad. Quaest., ii. 47.
  5. ↑ Seneca, Epistles, 121.
  6. ↑ Epictetus, Discourses, Book II, Chapter 5.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Archedemus, 4". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 

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