Jason of Nysa
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Jason of Nysa
, a Stoic
philosopher, son of Menecrates, and, on his mother's side, grandson of Posidonius
, of whom also he was the disciple and successor at the Stoic school at Rhodes
. He therefore flourished after the middle of the 1st century BC. The Suda
lists four works of his:
However, the Suda expresses doubt about whether the third book is his, and also credits Jason of Argos as having written a Life of Greece in 4 books.
Nysa, Anatolia
Nysa was an ancient city of Caria in Anatolia, whose remnants are now in the Sultanhisar district of Aydın Province of Turkey, east of the Ionian city of Ephesus....
, a Stoic
STOIC
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philosopher, son of Menecrates, and, on his mother's side, grandson of Posidonius
Posidonius
Posidonius "of Apameia" or "of Rhodes" , was a Greek Stoic philosopher, politician, astronomer, geographer, historian and teacher native to Apamea, Syria. He was acclaimed as the greatest polymath of his age...
, of whom also he was the disciple and successor at the Stoic school at Rhodes
Rhodes
Rhodes is an island in Greece, located in the eastern Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, with a population of 117,007, and also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within...
. He therefore flourished after the middle of the 1st century BC. The Suda
Suda
The Suda or Souda is a massive 10th century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Suidas. It is an encyclopedic lexicon, written in Greek, with 30,000 entries, many drawing from ancient sources that have since been lost, and often...
lists four works of his:
- Βίοι ἐνδόξων - Famous Lives
- Φιλοσόφων διαδοχαί - Successions of PhilosophersSuccessions of PhilosophersSuccessions of Philosophers or Philosophers' Successions was the name of several lost works from the Hellenistic era. Their purpose was to depict the philosophers of different schools in terms of a line of succession of which they were a part...
- Βίος Ἑλλάδος - Life of Greece, in 4 books
- Περὶ Ῥόδου - On Rhodes
However, the Suda expresses doubt about whether the third book is his, and also credits Jason of Argos as having written a Life of Greece in 4 books.