Philo of Larissa

Details

Instance of

human

Born

159 BCE

Died

84 BCE

Place of birth

Larissa

Place of death

Rome

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Φίλων

Movement

Platonism

Field of work

philosophy

Occupation

philosopher

Position held

scholarch of the Platonic Academy

described by source

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1870 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pauly–Wissowa

languages spoken, written or signed

Ancient Greek

student

Cicero, Antiochus of Ascalon, Heraclitus of Tyre

student of

Clitomachus

time period

ancient history

writing language

Ancient Greek

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