Neleus (son of Koriskos)

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Neleus of Skepticism ( ancient Greek Νηλεύς ) was the son of Kiriskos out of skepticism . He lived around 300 BC And was a pupil of Theophrastus of Eresus , who bequeathed his library to him. In addition to writings by Theophrastus, it is said to have also contained original manuscripts by Aristotle . Neleus allegedly brought the writings from Athens to Skepticism, where his heirs until the 1st century BC. BC kept in a cellar until Apellicon of Teos discovered the manuscripts, acquired them and brought them back to Athens. Soon after - after the conquest of Piraeus in 86 BC. BC - got Sulla , loudPlutarch , brought the library of the Apellikon to Rome . According to Athenaios , however, he sold the library to Ptolemy II Philadelphus , who had it brought to Alexandria .

literature

  • Hugh Lindsay: Strabo on Apellicon's Library. In: Rheinisches Museum für Philologie . New series, volume 140, issue 3/4, 1997, pp. 290–298.
  • Henrik Joan Drossart Lulofs : Neleus of Scepsis and the Fate of the Library of the Peripatos. In: Rita Beyers et al. (Ed.): Tradition et traduction. Les textes philosophiques et scientifiques grecs au Moyen Age latin. Homage to Fernand Bossier. Leuven University Press, Löwen 1999, pp. 9-24.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Strabon , Geographika 13,1,54; Diogenes Laërtius 5, 52, 53, 55, 56; Athenaios , 1,3a-b; Plutarch , Sulla 26.
personal data
SURNAME Neleus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skepticism, Neleus von (full name); Νηλεύς (grcS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Son of Kiriskos out of skepticism
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century BC Chr.