PHILOSOPHER

Apollodorus the Epicurean

150 BC - 150 BC

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Apollodorus (Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος; fl. 2nd century BC) was an Epicurean philosopher, and head of the Epicurean school in Athens. According to Diogenes Laërtius, he was surnamed Tyrant of the Garden (Greek: Κηποτύραννος) from his exercising a kind of tyranny or supremacy in the garden or school of Epicurus. He was the teacher of Zeno of Sidon, who succeeded him as the head of the school, about 100 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Apollodorus the Epicurean has received more than 25,328 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Apollodorus the Epicurean is the 873rd most popular philosopher (down from 830th in 2019), the 514th most popular biography from Greece (down from 489th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Apollodorus the Epicurean ranks 873 out of 1,267. Before him are Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Lubna of Córdoba, Sarah Kofman, Lanza del Vasto, Rudolf Stammler, and Francesco Filelfo. After him are Anniceris, G. E. M. Anscombe, Hermogenes of Tarsus, Antipater of Tarsus, Édouard Le Roy, and Donald Davidson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 150 BC, Apollodorus the Epicurean ranks 26. Before him are Mithridates IV of Pontus, Publius Ventidius Bassus, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, Hortensia, Sextus Julius Caesar, and Lucius Afranius. After him are Lucius Afranius, Lucius Licinius Lucullus, Lucius Opimius, Gaius Hostilius Mancinus, Decimus Junius Silanus, and Artavasdes I of Armenia. Among people deceased in 150 BC, Apollodorus the Epicurean ranks 6. Before him are Patanjali, Demetrius I Soter, Diogenes of Babylon, Seleucus of Seleucia, and Mago. After him are Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla, Gaius Sextius Calvinus, Manius Aquillius, Aristobulus of Alexandria, and Marcus Octavius.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Apollodorus the Epicurean ranks 514 out of 1,024. Before him are Oenopides (-490), Archidamus IV (-400), Maria Farantouri (1947), Philitas of Cos (-400), Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (1950), and Eurycratides (-600). After him are Machanidas (-254), Kostis Palamas (1859), Xanthippus of Carthage (-300), Antiphanes (-388), Aristidis Konstantinidis (1900), and George Averoff (1815).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Apollodorus the Epicurean ranks 58. Before him are Metrodorus of Chios (-500), Menedemus (-340), Hecataeus of Abdera (-400), George of Trebizond (1395), Musaeus of Athens (-500), and Arethas of Caesarea (860). After him are Axiothea of Phlius (-400), Lastheneia of Mantinea (-350), Cineas (-400), Dimitri Kitsikis (1935), Cercidas (-300), and Phaenias of Eresus (-400).

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