Erymneus (; fl. c. 110 BC) was a

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philosopher in

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. Erymneus succeeded

Diodorus of Tyre Diodorus of Tyre () was a Peripatetic philosopher, and a disciple and follower of Critolaus, whom he succeeded as the head of the Peripatetic school at Athens . He was still alive and active there in 110 BC, when Licinius Crassus, during his qu ...

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(leader) of the

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. Very little is known about him, and he is known only because he is mentioned by

Athenaeus Athenaeus of Naucratis (, or Nαυκράτιος, ''Athēnaios Naukratitēs'' or ''Naukratios''; ) was an ancient Greek rhetorician and Grammarian (Greco-Roman), grammarian, flourishing about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century ...

. He instructed Athenion, whose identity is obscure, in philosophy. He led the school while

Apellicon of Teos Apellicon (; died c. 84 BC), a wealthy man from Teos, afterwards an Athenian citizen, was a famous book collector of the 1st century BC. He not only spent large sums in the acquisition of his library, but stole original documents from the archive ...

was a member. The school had a renewed vitality under Erymneus.Lynch, J. P., ''Aristotle's School'' (University of California Press, 1972), p. 202.

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