Hermarchus of Mytilene
c. 325 BCE–c. 250 BCE · Athens
Epicurus's successor as head of the Garden; named heir in Epicurus's will.
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AthensAttica (Greece)
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About Athens
The intellectual capital of the Greek world, where Socrates questioned in the agora and four great schools—Plato's Academy, Aristotle's Lyceum, the Stoa, and Epicurus' Garden—took root within a single square mile.
In Athens at the same time
Diogenes of Sinope, Xenocrates of Chalcedon, Apollodorus son of Pasion, Heraclides Ponticus, Hyperides, Lycurgus
In the same place & time
Sages whose lives overlapped with Hermarchus of Mytilene’s in the same cities, drawn from their recorded journeys.
The world in their lifetime
Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with Hermarchus of Mytilene’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
Graeco-Roman world
- Crates of Thebes· 365 BCE–285 BCE
- Pyrrho· 360 BCE–270 BCE
- Dicaearchus of Messana· 360 BCE–285 BCE
- Hecataeus of Abdera· 360 BCE–290 BCE
- Crantor· 340 BCE–275 BCE
- Strato of Lampsacus· 335 BCE–269 BCE
- Herophilus of Chalcedon· 335 BCE–280 BCE
- Zeno of Citium· 334 BCE–262 BCE
- Metrodorus of Lampsacus· 331 BCE–278 BCE
- Cleanthes· 330 BCE–230 BCE
- Lycophron· 320 BCE–250 BCE
- Arcesilaus· 316 BCE–241 BCE
- Aratus Solensis· 315 BCE–240 BCE
- Callimachus· 310 BCE–240 BCE
- Aristarchus of Samos· 310 BCE–230 BCE
- Erasistratus of Ceos· 304 BCE–250 BCE
- Theocritus· 300 BCE–260 BCE
- Ariston of Chios· 300 BCE–240 BCE
- Apollonius Rhodius· 295 BCE–215 BCE
- Archimedes· 287 BCE–212 BCE
- Chrysippus· 279 BCE–206 BCE
- Eratosthenes of Cyrene· 276 BCE–194 BCE
- Aristophanes of Byzantium· 257 BCE–180 BCE
- Plautus· 254 BCE–184 BCE
Scientists
Jewish world
Mesopotamian world
Luminaries & Explorers world
Rulers world
- Pyrrhus of Epirus· 319 BCE–272 BCE
- Ashoka the Great· 304 BCE–232 BCE
- Bindusara· –273 BCE
- Demetrius I Poliorcetes· 337 BCE–283 BCE
- Seleucus I Nicator· 358 BCE–281 BCE
- Lysimachus· 360 BCE–281 BCE
- Chandragupta Maurya· –297 BCE
- Alexander the Great· 356 BCE–323 BCE
- Qin Shi Huang· 259 BCE–210 BCE
- Antigonus I Monophthalmus· 382 BCE–301 BCE
- Emperor Gaozu of Han (Liu Bang)· 256 BCE–195 BCE
Works
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