Sosicrates of Rhodes

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Sosikrates of Rhodes (Σωσικράτης Sōsikrátēs ; * around 200 BC; † around 128 BC) was an ancient Greek historian .

Sosikrates wrote a history of Crete and a history of philosophy in several books (the so-called schools of philosophy ), which dealt particularly with the individual schools and took the teacher-student relationships into account. Only a few fragments of his works have survived. By Diogenes Laertius we know that Sosikrates both Monimus and about Diogenes of Sinope and Thales of Miletus reported.

literature

  • Richard Goulet: Sosicrate de Rhodes. In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Volume 6, CNRS Éditions, Paris 2016, ISBN 978-2-271-08989-2 , pp. 483-484
personal data
SURNAME Sosicrates of Rhodes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Σωσικράτης
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek historian
DATE OF BIRTH around 200 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH around 128 BC Chr.