Philosopher
Phaedo of Elis
Overview
Phaedo of Elis (; also, Phaedon; Ancient Greek: Φαίδων ὁ Ἠλεῖος, gen.: Φαίδωνος; fl. 4th century BCE) was a Greek philosopher. A native of Elis, he was captured in war as a boy and sold into slavery. He subsequently came into contact with Socrates at Athens, who warmly received him and had him freed. He was present at the death of Socrates, and Plato named one of his dialogues Phaedo.
He returned to Elis, and founded the Elean School of philosophy. Almost nothing is known of his doctrines, but his school survived him and was subsequently transferred to Eretria by his pupil Menedemus, where it became the Eretrian school.
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Philosophers who discussed Phaedo of Elis
Ideas Phaedo of Elis discusses
- Athens
- Megarian school
- Phaedo
- Crito of Alopece
- Panaetius
- Athenaeus
- Ancient Greek philosophy
- Plato
- Socrates
- Xenophon
- Eretria
- Sparta
- Cicero
- Common Era
- Alcibiades
- Seneca the Younger
- Suda
- Diogenes Laertius
- Eretrian school
- Elis (city)
- Menedemus
- Asclepiades of Phlius
- Cebes
Place in the tradition
Part of Eretrian school.