Diogenes of Tarsus
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Diogenes of Tarsus
(2nd century BCE) was an Epicurean philosopher, who is described by Strabo
as a person clever in composing improvised tragedies. He was the author of several works, which, however, are lost. Among them are:
Tarsus (city)
Tarsus is a historic city in south-central Turkey, 20 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Turkey with a population of 2.75 million...
(2nd century BCE) was an Epicurean philosopher, who is described by Strabo
Strabo
Strabo, also written Strabon was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.-Life:Strabo was born to an affluent family from Amaseia in Pontus , a city which he said was situated the approximate equivalent of 75 km from the Black Sea...
as a person clever in composing improvised tragedies. He was the author of several works, which, however, are lost. Among them are:
- Select lectures , which was probably a collection of essays and dissertations.
- Epitome of Epicurus’ ethical doctrines , of which Diogenes LaërtiusDiogenes LaertiusDiogenes Laertius was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Nothing is known about his life, but his surviving Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is one of the principal surviving sources for the history of Greek philosophy.-Life:Nothing is definitively known about his life...
quotes the 12th book. - On poetical problems , poetical problems which he endeavoured to solve, and which seem to have had special reference to the HomerHomerIn the Western classical tradition Homer , is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.When he lived is...
ic poems.