Archedemus of Tarsus explained

Archedemus of Tarsus (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Άρχέδημος ὁ Ταρσεύς)^[1] was a Stoic philosopher who flourished around 140 BC. Two of his works: On the Voice (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Περὶ Φωνῆς) and On Elements (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Περὶ Στοιχείων), are mentioned by Diogenes Laërtius.^[2]

Archedemus is probably the same person as the Archedemus, whom Plutarch calls an Athenian, and who, he states, went into Parthia and founded a school of Stoic philosophers at Babylon.^[3]

Archedemus is also mentioned by Cicero,^[4] Seneca,^[5] Epictetus,^[6] and other ancient writers.

Notes and References

1. Strabo, Geography, xiv; Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Philosophers, vii.
2. Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Philosophers, vii.
3. Plutarch, de Exilio, 14.
4. Cicero, Acad. Quaest., ii. 47.
5. Seneca, Epistles, 121.
6. Epictetus, Discourses, Book II, Chapter 5.