Basilides the Epicurean
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Basilides was an Epicurean philosopher, who succeeded Dionysius of Lamptrai
as the head of the Epicurean school at Athens
c. 205 BC
. It is not certain who succeeded Basilides: Apollodorus
is the next Epicurean leader we can be certain about, but there may have been at least one intermediate leader, and the name Thespis has been suggested.
Dionysius of Lamptrai
Dionysius of Lamptrai was an Epicurean philosopher, who succeeded Polystratus as the head of the Epicurean school at Athens c. 219 BC. He died c. 205 BC and was succeeded by Basilides....
as the head of the Epicurean school at Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
c. 205 BC
205 BC
Year 205 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Africanus and Dives...
. It is not certain who succeeded Basilides: Apollodorus
Apollodorus the Epicurean
Apollodorus was an Epicurean philosopher, and head of the Epicurean school in Athens.He was according to Diogenes Laërtius surnamed Tyrant of the Garden 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...
is the next Epicurean leader we can be certain about, but there may have been at least one intermediate leader, and the name Thespis has been suggested.