Metrodorus

Metrodorus (Greek: Μητρόδωρος, Mētrodōros, "mother's gift") is the name of numerous historical figures, including:

• Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the elder) (5th century BC) - philosopher from the school of Anaxagoras
• Metrodorus of Cos (5th century BC) - Pythagorean writer
• Metrodorus of Chios (4th century BC) - philosopher from the school of Democritus
• Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the younger) (331–278 BC) - Epicurean philosopher
• Metrodorus of Athens (mid 2nd century BC) - philosopher and painter
• Metrodorus of Stratonicea (late 2nd century BC) - philosopher, originally Epicurean, later a follower of Carneades
• Metrodorus of Scepsis (1st century BC) - writer, orator and politician
• Metrodorus (grammarian) (c. 6th-century) - grammarian and mathematician, who collected the mathematical epigrams in the Greek Anthology

• Metrodorus (4th century BC) - physician who married Aristotle's daughter Pythias
• Metrodorus (late 3rd, early 2nd century BC) - general in the employ of Philip V of Macedon during the Cretan War
• Metrodorus (late 1st, early 2nd century AD) - pupil of the physician Sabinus

External links

• Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, entry "Metrodorus"
• Online Encyclopedia, entry "Metrodorus"

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