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Erymneus

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Erymneus(Greek:Ἐρυμνεύς;fl. c. 110 BC) was aPeripateticphilosopher inAncient Greece.

Erymneus succeededDiodorus of Tyreasscholarch(leader) of theLyceum.Very little is known about him, and he is known only because he is mentioned byAthenaeus.[1]He instructedAthenion,whose identity is obscure, in philosophy.[2]He led the school whileApellicon of Teoswas a member. The school had a renewed vitality under Erymneus.[3]

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  1. ^Athenaeus,Deipnosophistae,v. 211e
  2. ^Canfora & Ryle,The Vanished Library(University of California Press, 1990), p. 52.
  3. ^Lynch, J. P.,Aristotle's School(University of California Press, 1972), p. 202.