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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. He is said to have written upwards of 400 books, but they have all been lost. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Apollodorus the Epicurean is the 940th most popular philosopher (down from 873rd in 2019), the 586th most popular biography from Greece (down from 514th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Apollodorus the Epicurean ranks 940 out of 1,267. Before him are Cineas, Perry Anderson, Johannes Agricola, Michel Marcel Navratil, Azmi Bishara, and Guillaume Faye. After him are Debendranath Tagore, Isidore of Alexandria, Theodor Gomperz, Camillo Berneri, Élisabeth Badinter, and Ogyū Sorai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 150 BC, Apollodorus the Epicurean ranks 34. Before him are Hortensia, Quintus Marcius Rex, Ptolemy of Cyprus, Artavasdes I of Armenia, Gaius Sextius Calvinus, and Lucius Afranius. After him are Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Artaxias I of Iberia, Gaius Hostilius Mancinus, Decimus Junius Silanus, Marcus Aurelius Cotta, and Lucius Marcius Philippus. Among people deceased in 150 BC, Apollodorus the Epicurean ranks 8. Before him are Demetrius I Soter, Seleucus of Seleucia, Diogenes of Babylon, Mago, Marcus Octavius, and Gaius Sextius Calvinus. After him are Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Aristobulus of Alexandria, Manius Aquillius, Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla, Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus, and Sanchuniathon.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Apollodorus the Epicurean ranks 586 out of 1,024. Before him are Geminus (null), Agesipolis II (-400), Charilaos Trikoupis (1832), Louis Dumont (1911), Marinella (1938), and Machanidas (-254). After him are Joseph Sifakis (1946), Rhianus (-275), Ieronymos II of Athens (1938), Eudamidas III (-300), Philinna (-400), and Euphranor (-301).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Apollodorus the Epicurean ranks 60. Before him are George of Trebizond (1395), Metrocles (-400), Lastheneia of Mantinea (-350), Metrodorus of Chios (-500), Arethas of Caesarea (860), and Cineas (-400). After him are Phaenias of Eresus (-400), Musaeus of Athens (-500), Dimitri Kitsikis (1935), Polemon of Athens (200), Ion Dragoumis (1878), and Cercidas (-300).

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