Posidonius of Apamea

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Posidonius of Apamea was a prominent Hellenistic philosopher, polymath, and influential later Stoic thinker whose work bridged Stoicism with contemporary science, history, and geography.

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instanceOf Hellenistic philosopher ⓘ
Stoic philosopher ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
historian ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
rhetorician ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
approximateDateOfBirth c. 135 BCE ⓘ
approximateDateOfDeath c. 51 BCE ⓘ
birthPlace Apamea on the Orontes ⓘ
Apamea, Syria ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Roman Republic ⓘ
deathPlace Rhodes ⓘ
educatedAt Stoic school at Athens ⓘ
era Hellenistic period ⓘ
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
floruit 1st century BCE ⓘ
influenced Cicero ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
Seneca the Younger ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
later Roman Stoicism ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Chrysippus ⓘ
linked to: Chrysippus of Soli

Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
knownFor cosmological and meteorological studies ⓘ
ethical theory emphasizing emotions and cosmic sympathy ⓘ
historical work on the Roman Republic ⓘ
integrating philosophy with history and geography ⓘ
measurements of the Earth’s circumference ⓘ
synthesizing Stoicism with contemporary science ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek ⓘ
memberOf Middle Stoa ⓘ
movement Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
notableStudent Cicero ⓘ
Pompey the Great ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
historian ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
teacher of rhetoric ⓘ
positionHeld ambassador of Rhodes to Rome ⓘ
residence Rhodes ⓘ
studentOf Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
travelledTo Gaul ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy Athenaeus ⓘ
Diodorus Siculus ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
workLocation Rhodes ⓘ
worksSurviveAs fragments in later authors ⓘ
wroteAbout Celtic and Iberian peoples ⓘ
Roman expansion in the Mediterranean ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ
logic ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
physics (Stoic natural philosophy) ⓘ

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Stoicism → middleRepresentative → Posidonius of Apamea ⓘ
Panaetius of Rhodes → influenced → Posidonius of Apamea ⓘ
Strabo → influencedBy → Posidonius ⓘ
linked to: Posidonius of Apamea
Athenodorus Cananites → studentOf → Posidonius ⓘ
linked to: Posidonius of Apamea
Middle Stoa → notablePhilosopher → Posidonius of Apamea ⓘ
Scipionic Circle → hasMember → Posidonius ⓘ
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Hellenistic astronomy → hasNotableAstronomer → Posidonius ⓘ
linked to: Posidonius of Apamea
Diogenes of Babylon → influenced → Posidonius of Apamea ⓘ