Posidonius (pōsēdō`nēəs), Greek: Ποσειδώνιος (Poseidonios), (= “of Poseidon”), commonly named “ὁ Ἀπαμεύς” (= “of Apameia”) or “ὁ Ῥόδιος” (= “of Rhodes”) (b. ca. 135 B.C. in Apameia, Syria; d. 51 B.C. in Rome), nicknamed “the Athlete”, was a Greek Stoic philosopher, astronomer, geographer, politician (one of the Prytaneis at Rhodes), historian and teacher.
Posidonius completed his higher education in Athens, where he was a student of the aged Panaetius, the head of the Stoic school. He settled in Rhodes around 95 B.C. after extensive travels. The major representative of the Middle Stoa was acclaimed as the greatest polymath of his age.
Posidonius of Apamea, of Rhodes
×CloseGreek Stoic philosopher (c.135 – c.51 BC)
Born | ca. 135 BC |
Died | 51 BC |
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Posidonius of Apamea, of Rhodes
×CloseGreek Stoic philosopher (c.135 – c.51 BC)
Born | ca. 135 BC |
Died | 51 BC |
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Philosophy, Philosophy, ancient, Philosophy, history, Stoics, Greek literature, translations into english, History, ancientID Numbers
- OLID: OL5570151A
- ISNI: 0000000104084967
- VIAF: 24644250
- Wikidata: Q185770
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q185770
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Alternative names
- Ποσειδώνιος ο Απαμεύς
- Ποσειδώνιος ο Ρόδιος
- Ποσειδώνιος
- Poseidonios von Apameia
- Poseidonios von Rhodos
- Poseidonios
- Posidonius of Apameia
- Posidonius of Rhodes
- Posidonius
- Posidonios du Apamée
- Posidonios du Rhodes
- Posidonios
- Posidonio di Apamea
- Posidonio di Rodi
- Posidonio
- Posidonio de Apamea
- Posidonio de Rodas
- Posidonio
- Posidonius.
- Posidonius of Apamea.
- of Apamea Posidonius
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