Melanthios of Rhodes
Melanthios of Rhodes ( ancient Greek Μελάνθιος Ῥόδιος Melánthios Rhódios ) was a Greek philosopher and successful tragedy poet in the age of Hellenism . He lived around the middle of the 2nd century BC. And belonged to the Platonic Academy .
According to the chronicle of the contemporary Apollodorus of Athens , the corresponding place in the Index Academicorum of Philodemos of Gadara , Melanthios first distinguished himself as a tragedy poet and won a musical competition . The only surviving verse of his poetic work - a trimeter - has been handed down five times by several authors. First he studied in Alexandria with the philologist Aristarchus of Samothrace , then he received a philosophical training in Athens with Karneades , the scholar of the Platonic Academy, and became one of his outstanding students. He owned a garden plot not far from the academy and was very wealthy. Cicero praises the kindness (suavitas) of Melanthios. Aeschines of Neapolis is mentioned as his pupil .
literature
- Woldemar Görler : Melanthios of Rhodes. In: Hellmut Flashar (ed.): Outline of the history of philosophy . The philosophy of antiquity. Volume 4/2: The Hellenistic Philosophy. 2nd Edition. Schwabe, Basel 1994, ISBN 3-7965-0930-4 , p. 909.
- Tiziano Dorandi: Mélanthios de Rhodes (87). In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Volume 4. CNRS Editions, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-271-05748-5 , pp. 383-384.
- Kilian Fleischer: Melanthios of Rhodes in Apollodors Chronik (PHerc. 1021, XXXI). In: Philologus . Volume 162/1, 2018, pp. 15-24.
Remarks
- ^ Philodemos, Index Academicorum col. 31 ( PHerc. 1021,31 ). For the most recent reconstruction of this partially destroyed papyrus text, see Kilian Fleischer: Melanthios von Rhodos in Apollodors Chronik (PHerc. 1021, XXXI). In: Philologus . Volume 162/1, 2018, pp. 15–24, here: pp. 16–20. Cf. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff : The tragic Melanthios of Rhodos. In: Hermes . Volume 29, 1894, pp. 150-154 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Plutarch , De cohibenda ira 453 E; De sera numinis vindicta 551; Julian , Epistulae 60.9; Socrates Scholastikos , Historia ecclesiastica 3,3; Scholia to Hesiod , works and days 336. See Kilian Fleischer: Melanthios von Rhodos in Apollodors Chronik (PHerc. 1021, XXXI). In: Philologus. Volume 162/1, 2018, pp. 15–24, here: p. 15.
- ^ Philodemos, Index Academicorum col. 31; Cicero, Lucullus 16; Pseudo-Plutarch, Vitae decem oratorum 842E.
- ↑ Diogenes Laertios 2.64.
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| SURNAME | Melanthios of Rhodes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Μελάνθιος Ῥόδιος (Greek name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek philosopher and tragedy poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC Chr. |