Aristocreon
{{Short description|Chrysippus' nephew}}
Aristocreon ({{langx|grc|Ἀριστοκρέων}}; fl. 200 BC) was a Stoic philosopher and the nephew of Chrysippus.
Biography
Aristocreon was a son of the sister of Chrysippus, and became his pupil.{{cite LotEP|chapter=Chrysippus| 185}}; Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis 1033e Chrysippus dedicated several of his works to him.{{cite LotEP|chapter=Chrysippus| 196–197, 202}} Of the few facts known about Aristocreon's life, it is known that between 229 and 190 BC, he was in Athens, where he obtained the official position of a Proxenos (a consular agent acting for another city).{{sfn|Dorandi|1999|p=40}} He was still alive in Athens in 184 BC.{{sfn|Dorandi|1999|p=40}} Plutarch records that Aristocreon erected a bronze statue of his uncle on a pillar and engraved a verse to him:
{{quote|Of uncle Chrysippus Aristocreon this likeness erected;
The knots the Academy tied, the cleaver, Chrysippus, dissected.Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis 1033e}}
It is not known whether this Aristocreon is the same as the author of a description of Egypt.Pliny, Naturalis historia, v. 9., vi. 29., 30.; Aelian, Natura Animalium, vii. 40.
Notes
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References
- {{cite book |last=Dorandi |first=Tiziano |chapter=Chapter 2: Chronology |editor-last=Algra |editor-first=Keimpe |display-editors=etal |year=1999 |title=The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy |page=52 |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0521250283 }}
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Category:3rd-century BC births
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Category:2nd-century BC Greek philosophers