Sphaerus

Also known as Sphaerus of Borysthenes

Sphaerus (, sometimes transliterated as Sphaeros;

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Philosopher.region: Western philosophy
Philosopher.era: Ancient philosophy
Philosopher.image: Spherus Bosphoranus - Illustrium philosophorum et sapientum effigies ab eorum numistatibus extractae.png
Philosopher.caption: Engraving by Girolamo Olgiati, 1580
Philosopher.name: Sphaerus
Philosopher.school_tradition: Stoicism

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date of birth: 0285-01-01
date of death: 0221-01-01

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Sphaerus (, sometimes transliterated as Sphaeros; – ) of Borysthenes or the Bosphorus, was a Stoic philosopher.

==Life== Sphaerus studied first under Zeno of Citium, and afterwards under Cleanthes. He taught in Sparta, where he acted as advisor to Cleomenes III. He moved to Alexandria at some point, (possibly when Cleomenes himself was exiled there in 222 BC) where he lived in the court of Ptolemy IV Philopator.