biography
pronunciation:
[paneeshus]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.185–c.110 BC)
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| biography:
| Stoic philosopher, from Rhodes, Greece. He taught in Athens and Rome, and became head of the Stoa in Athens (129 BC). His writings are now lost, but he was an important figure in the popularization of Stoicism in Rome. He was a friend of the younger Scipio, and his ethical and political works were an important source for Cicero's influential treatise, De officiis. |
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