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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 23,838 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Apollodorus the Epicurean is the 830th most popular philosopher, the 489th most popular biography from Greece and the 54th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Apollodorus the Epicurean ranks 830 out of 1,081Before him are Tan Sitong, Christian von Ehrenfels, Ervin László, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Ferenc Dávid, and Gregory of Tatev. After him are Alain Finkielkraut, Matthias Bel, Paul de Man, Thomas Arnold, Alcidamas, and Syrianus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 150 BC, Apollodorus the Epicurean ranks 23Before him are Mithridates IV of Pontus, Yizhixie, Sextus Julius Caesar, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, Artavasdes I of Armenia, and Lucius Afranius. After him are Lucius Licinius Lucullus, Lucius Afranius, Publius Ventidius Bassus, Gaius Hostilius Mancinus, Hortensia, and Artaxias I of Iberia. Among people deceased in 150 BC, Apollodorus the Epicurean ranks 5Before him are Patanjali, Demetrius I Soter, Seleucus of Seleucia, and Diogenes of Babylon. After him are Sanchuniathon, Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla, Gaius Sextius Calvinus, Manius Aquillius, and Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Apollodorus the Epicurean ranks 489 out of 936Before him are Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (1855), John II Orsini (1300), Phormio (-450), Polydorus of Sparta (-741), Dimitrios Gounaris (1867), and Sofoklis Venizelos (1894). After him are Ioannis Kolettis (1773), Georgios Kondylis (1878), Haris Alexiou (1950), Anastasios of Albania (1929), Menedemus (-340), and Philitas of Cos (-400).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Apollodorus the Epicurean ranks 54Before him are Hecataeus of Abdera (-400), Onesicritus (-360), Glaucon (-445), Musaeus of Athens (-500), George of Trebizond (1395), and Metrodorus of Chios (-500). After him are Menedemus (-340), Arethas of Caesarea (860), Cineas (-400), Phaenias of Eresus (-400), Dimitri Kitsikis (1935), and Metrocles (-400).