Arius Didymus
Arius Didymus
- Brad Inwood
Extract
Arius Didymus, of Alexandria (1), philosopher and adviser to *Augustus; *procurator of Sicily. He wrote a now lost consolation for the death of Nero *Claudius Drusus, addressed to *Livia Drusilla. His doxographical work (see doxographers) is represented by two long fragments on Stoic and Peripatetic ethics, preserved by *Stobaeus (Ecl.Subjects
- Philosophy