Metrodorus of Lampsacus

Also known as Metrodorus of Lampsacus the younger

3rd-century BC Greek Epicurean philosopher

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Born: 331 B.C. or 330 B.C.
Died: 278 B.C. or 277 B.C.
Works: 2

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Metrodori Epicurei fragmenta
Prosōkratikoi

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Key facts

Born: 331/0 BC, Lampsacus , (now Lapseki , Çanakkale , Turkey )
Died: 278/7 BC
Era: Hellenistic philosophy
Region: Western philosophy
School: Epicureanism

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Metrodorus of Lampsacus (Greek: Μητρόδωρος Λαμψακηνός, Mētrodōros Lampsakēnos; 331/0–278/7 BC) was a Greek philosopher of the Epicurean school. Although one of the four major proponents of Epicureanism, only fragments of his works remain. A Metrodorus bust was found in Velia, slightly different modeled to depict Parmenides.

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