Sotion
Sotion of Alexandria (gen.: Σωτίωνος; fl. C. 200 – 170 BC) was a Greek doxographer and biographer, and an important source for Diogenes Laërtius. None of his works survive; they are known only indirectly.
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Sotion
- Born
- 250 · Alexandria.
- Died
- 170
- Occupation
- writer · philosopher · historian · biographer
- Fields
- philosophy
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Sotion of Alexandria (gen.: Σωτίωνος; fl. C. 200 – 170 BC) was a Greek doxographer and biographer, and an important source for Diogenes Laërtius. None of his works survive; they are known only indirectly.
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Born at Alexandria in 250, died in 170.
The recorded working language is Ancient Greek. The field of work recorded is philosophy.
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- 1.F. Wehrli, Die schule des Aristoteles. Sotion, Basel, Schwabe & co., 1978, p. 7.
- 2.Diogene Laerzio, VIII 7.
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- 24.Ateneo di Naucrati. Deipnosofisti.
- 25.M. Dal Pra, La storiografia filosofica antica, Milano, Fratelli Bocca Editori, 1950, pp. 151-152.
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