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Andronikos of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος ὁ Ῥόδιος, romanized: Andrónikos ho Rhódios; Latin: Andronicus Rhodius; fl. c. 60 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Rhodes who was also the scholarch (head) of the Peripatetic school.
As Boethus was a disciple of Andronicus of Rhodes, [3] he must have travelled at an early age to Rome and Athens, in which cities Andronicus is known to have taught. Strabo, who mentions him and his brother Diodotus among the celebrated persons of Sidon, speaks of him at the same time as his own teacher (or fellow pupil) in Peripatetic philosophy. [4]
In Rhodes, Posidonius actively took part in political life, and he attained high office when he was appointed as one of the Prytaneis. [15] This was the most important political office in Rhodes, combining presidential and executive functions, of which there were five (or possibly six) men holding the office for a six-month period. [21]
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Here is Rhodes, jump here! ) originated from one of Aesop's Fables , namely The Boasting Traveller . In the original Greek, it is rendered Αὐτοῦ γὰρ καὶ Ῥόδος καὶ πήδημα .
Hieronymus of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: Ἱερώνυμος ὁ Ῥόδιος, romanized: Hierṓnymos ho Rhódios, Latin: Hieronymus Rhodius; c. 290 – c. 230 BC [1]) was a Peripatetic philosopher, and an opponent of Arcesilaus and Lyco of Troas. Only a few fragments of his works survive, preserved in the quotations of later writers.
Various parents were given for Rhodos. Pindar makes her a daughter of Aphrodite with no father mentioned, [2] although scholia on Pindar add Poseidon as the father; [3] for Herodorus of Heraclea she was the daughter of Aphrodite and Poseidon, [4] while according to Diodorus Siculus she was the daughter of Poseidon and Halia, one of the Telchines, the original rulers of Rhodes. [5]
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