Aeschines of Neapolis

For other people named Aeschines, see Aeschines (disambiguation).

Aeschines (Gr. Αἰσχίνης) of Neapolis was an Academic philosopher who shared the leadership of the Academy at Athens together with Charmadas and Clitomachus about 110 BC, when Clitomachus was an old man.[1][2] Diogenes Laertius says that he was a pupil and favourite (paidika) of Melanthius of Rhodes.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Smith, William (1867), "Aeschines (3)", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 1, p. 40
  2. ↑ Cicero, De Oratore i. 11
  3. ↑ Diogenes Laertius, ii. 64

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


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