Philosopher

Cercidas

Overview

Cercidas (Ancient Greek: Κερκιδᾶς Kerkidas; fl. 3rd century BC) was a poet, Cynic philosopher, and legislator for his native city Megalopolis. A papyrus roll containing fragments from seven of his Cynic poems was discovered at Oxyrhynchus in 1906.

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Philosophers who discussed Cercidas

• Diogenes

Ideas Cercidas discusses

• Homer
• Philosophy
• Athenaeus
• Cynicism (philosophy)
• Pythagoras
• Diogenes
• Papyrus
• Poet
• Deity
• Philip II of Macedon
• Claudius Aelianus
• Stobaeus
• Legislator
• Megalopolis, Greece

Place in the tradition

Part of Cynicism (philosophy).

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