Apollodorus the Epicurean
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Apollodorus was an Epicurean philosopher, and head of the Epicurean school in Athens
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He was according to Diogenes Laërtius
surnamed Tyrant of the Garden from his exercising a kind of tyranny or supremacy in the garden or school of Epicurus. He was the teacher of Zeno of Sidon
, who succeeded him as the head of the school, about 100 BC
. He is said to have written upwards of 400 books, but they have all perished.
Only two works are mentioned by title. One was called a Life of Epicurus. He also wrote a Collection of Doctrines, in which he asserted that Epicurus had written a greater amount of original writing than the Stoic
Chrysippus
, because although Chrysippus had written 700 books, they were filled with quotations from other authors.
Athens
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He was according to Diogenes Laërtius
Diogenes Laertius
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surnamed Tyrant of the Garden from his exercising a kind of tyranny or supremacy in the garden or school of Epicurus. He was the teacher of Zeno of Sidon
Zeno of Sidon
Zeno of Sidon was an Epicurean philosopher from the Phoenician city of Sidon. His writings do not survive, but there are some epitomes of his lectures preserved among the writings of his pupil Philodemus.-Life:...
, who succeeded him as the head of the school, about 100 BC
100 BC
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. He is said to have written upwards of 400 books, but they have all perished.
Only two works are mentioned by title. One was called a Life of Epicurus. He also wrote a Collection of Doctrines, in which he asserted that Epicurus had written a greater amount of original writing than the Stoic
STOIC
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Chrysippus
Chrysippus
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 Cleanthes in the Stoic school. When Cleanthes died, around 230 BC, Chrysippus became the third head of the school...
, because although Chrysippus had written 700 books, they were filled with quotations from other authors.