Zenodotus (Stoic)
Ancient Greek philosopher and epigrammatist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Stoic philosopher. For the Neoplatonist philosopher, see Zenodotus (philosopher). For the grammarian, see Zenodotus.
Zenodotus (/zəˈnɒdətəs/; Greek: Ζηνόδοτος; fl. 150 BC) was a Stoic philosopher. He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon. He is mostly known from the short biography of him in Diogenes Laertius' Lives of the Philosophers.
An Athenian ephebic decree of 122/1 BC records that he gave lectures to the ephebes at the Ptolemaeum and the Lyceum throughout the year and honours the ephebes for their diligence in attending.[1]