Hecato of Rhodes
Hecato or Hecaton of Rhodes was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was a native of Rhodes, and a disciple of Panaetius, but nothing else is known of his life. It is clear that he was eminent amongst the Stoics of the period.
Hecato of Rhodes
- Born
- 200 · Rhodes.
- Died
- 160
- Occupation
- philosopher · writer
- Fields
- philosophy
- Movements
- stoicism
- Teachers
- Panaetius
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Hecato or Hecaton of Rhodes was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was a native of Rhodes, and a disciple of Panaetius, but nothing else is known of his life. It is clear that he was eminent amongst the Stoics of the period.
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Born at Rhodes in 200, died in 160.
Training under Panaetius is recorded. The recorded working language is Ancient Greek. The field of work recorded is philosophy.
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160
Hecato of Rhodes died.
200
Hecato of Rhodes born at Rhodes.
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- 1.Cicero, De Officiis, 3.15.
- 2.Diogenes Laërtius: vi–vii, 4, 26, 32, 87, 90, 95, 101–103, 110, 124–125, 127, 172.
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