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Chrysippus

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[krahy-sip-uhs, kri-] / kraɪˈsɪp əs, krɪ- /

noun

  1. 280–209? b.c., Greek Stoic philosopher.


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Alexander also, in his letter to Philoxenus, mentions Theodorus and Chrysippus.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

“But,” answered Nero, “your favourite Chrysippus wrote still more numerous books.”

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

Plato and Aristotle had been succeeded by Chrysippus and Carneades; Euripides and Menander had taken the place of Æschylus and Sophocles.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

And Chrysippus the philosopher says, that the best vinegar is the Egyptian and the Cnidian.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

Both may be traced to a fragment of the Chrysippus of Euripides, quoted by Ribbeck, R�m.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.