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.