Aeschines of Neapolis
Aeschines of Neapolis (Gr. Αἰσχίνης ὁ Νεαπολίτης; of modern Naples) was an Academic Skeptic 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 Laërtius says that he was a pupil and favourite (paidika) of Melanthius of Rhodes.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Smith, William (1867), "Aeschines (4)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, p. 40
- ^ Cicero, De Oratore i. 11
- ^ Diogenes Laërtius, ii. 64
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Aeschines 4.". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 40.
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