Apollonius of Chalcedon

Apollonius (Ancient Greek: Απολλώνιος) of Chalcedon was an ancient Greek Stoic[1] who taught philosophy. He was invited by the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius to come to Rome, for the purpose of instructing his son Marcus Aurelius in philosophy.[2][3][4][5] Aurelius, within his Meditations, writes of Apollonius favourably.[6]

He was also possibly from Chalcis instead of Chalcedon, or, according to Cassius Dio, from Nicomedia.[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Footnotes from page 144 of the Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, trans. Robin Hard (2011).
  2. ↑ Julius Capitolinus, Antoninus Pius 10
  3. ↑ M. Antonin. de Rebus suis, 1.8
  4. ↑ Lucian, Demon. 31
  5. ↑ Johann Albert Fabricius, Bibliotheca Graeca iii. p. 539
  6. ↑ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations: I.8
  7. ↑ Cassius Dio, Roman History 71.35

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Leonhard Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Apollonius". In Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 1. p. 238. 

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