Archedemus of Tarsus

Ancient Greek Stoic philosopher

Archedemus of Tarsus (Greek: Άρχέδημος ὁ Ταρσεύς)^[1] was a Stoic philosopher who flourished around 140 BC. Two of his works: On the Voice (Greek: Περὶ Φωνῆς) and On Elements (Greek: Περὶ Στοιχείων), are mentioned by Diogenes Laërtius.^[2]

Archedemus 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

^ Strabo, Geography, xiv; Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Philosophers, vii.
^ Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Philosophers, vii.
^ Plutarch, de Exilio, 14.
^ Cicero, Acad. Quaest., ii. 47.
^ Seneca, Epistles, 121.
^ 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.