Dardanus (; el, Δάρδανος, ''Dardanos'') was a

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philosopher, who lived c. 160 – c. 85 BC. He was a pupil of

Diogenes of Babylon Diogenes of Babylon (also known as Diogenes of Seleucia; grc-gre, Διογένης Βαβυλώνιος; la, Diogenes Babylonius; c. 230 – c. 150/140 BC) was a Stoic philosopher. He was the head of the Stoic school in Athens, and he was one o ...

and

Antipater of Tarsus Antipater of Tarsus ( el, Ἀντίπατρος ὁ Ταρσεύς; died 130/129 BC) was a Stoic philosopher. He was the pupil and successor of Diogenes of Babylon as leader of the Stoic school, and was the teacher of Panaetius. He wrote works on ...

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mentions himCicero, ''Academica'', 2. 69. as being one of the leaders of the Stoic school ( la, principes Stoicorum) at

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together with Mnesarchus at a time when

Antiochus of Ascalon Antiochus of Ascalon (; grc-gre, Άντίοχος ὁ Ἀσκαλώνιος; c. 125 – c. 68 BC) was an Academic philosopher. He was a pupil of Philo of Larissa at the Academy, but he diverged from the Academic skepticism of Philo and his p ...

was turning away from

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(c. 95 BC). After the death of

Panaetius Panaetius (; grc-gre, Παναίτιος, Panaítios; – ) of Rhodes was an ancient Greek Stoic philosopher. He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon and Antipater of Tarsus in Athens, before moving to Rome where he did much to introduce Stoic do ...

(109 BC), the Stoic school at Athens seems to have fragmented, and Dardanus was probably one of several leading Stoics teaching in this era. Nothing else is known about his life, and he was presumably dead by the time Cicero was learning philosophy in Athens in 79 BC.

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* Algra, K., ''The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy.'' p. 41. Cambridge University Press, (1999). * Inwood, B., ''The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics.'' p. 27. Cambridge University Press, (2003). {{Stoicism, state=collapsed Hellenistic-era philosophers in Athens Roman-era Stoic philosophers Roman-era Athenian philosophers 2nd-century BC Athenians 1st-century BC Athenians 1st-century BC philosophers 160s BC births 80s BC deaths