Erymneus ( grc-gre, Ἐρυμνεύς; fl. c. 110 BC) was a
Peripatetic
Peripatetic may refer to:
*Peripatetic school, a school of philosophy in Ancient Greece
*Peripatetic axiom
* Peripatetic minority, a mobile population moving among settled populations offering a craft or trade.
*Peripatetic Jats
There are several ...
philosopher in
Ancient Greece.
Erymneus succeeded
Diodorus of Tyre
Diodorus of Tyre ( grc-gre, Διόδωρος), was a Peripatetic philosopher, and a disciple and follower of Critolaus, whom he succeeded as the head of the Peripatetic school at Athens c. 118 BC. He was still alive and active there in 110 BC, whe ...
as
scholarch (leader) of the
Lyceum. Very little is known about him, and he is known only because he is mentioned by
Athenaeus. He instructed
Athenion, whose identity is obscure, in philosophy. He led the school while
Apellicon of Teos was a member. The school had a renewed vitality under Erymneus.
[Lynch, J. P., ''Aristotle's School'' (University of California Press, 1972), p. 202.]
References
Peripatetic philosophers
2nd-century BC philosophers
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