Philosopher

Polyaenus of Lampsacus

Overview

Polyaenus of Lampsacus ( POL-ee-EE-nəs; Ancient Greek: Πoλύαινoς Λαμψακηνός, Polyainos Lampsakēnos; c. 340 – c. 285 BCE), also spelled Polyenus, was an ancient Greek mathematician and a friend of Epicurus.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Polyaenus of Lampsacus

• Epicurus

Ideas Polyaenus of Lampsacus discusses

• Epicurus
• Athens
• Lampsacus
• Mytilene
• Geometry
• Philodemus
• Epicureanism
• Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the younger)
• Zeno of Sidon
• Colotes
• Idomeneus of Lampsacus
• Hermarchus

Place in the tradition

Part of Epicureanism.

Explore Polyaenus of Lampsacus in the interactive graph →