Metrodorus of Lampsacus
c. 331 BCE–c. 278 BCE · Lampsacus
Epicurus's closest associate and chief disciple; the most important early Epicurean after the founder.
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Lampsacus
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About Lampsacus
Lampsacus was a Greek city on the eastern shore of the Hellespont (Dardanelles), in modern northwestern Turkey near Lapseki. The pre-Socratic philosopher Anaxagoras spent his final years and died there. It was also a stronghold of Epicureanism: Epicurus taught at Lampsacus before moving to Athens, and his close associate Metrodorus was a native of the city. The Peripatetic Strato of Lampsacus, later head of Aristotle's Lyceum, was also born there.
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