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The MouseionSextus Empiricus

Sextus Empiricus

2 works in the library, 1 with an English translation.

Roman philosopher and physician. From Wikidata; Wikipedia.

Lived
2nd–3rd c. AD
Kinds of writing
Philosophy
Analysed
59,003 words

The 2 works

In The Painted Stoa

Entries that quote or point to Sextus Empiricus's Greek.

Hipparchia the CynicAround 300 BC a young woman from Thrace threatened to kill herself unless she was allowed to marry a penniless philosopher.

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μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆοςοὐλομένην, ἣ μυρίʼ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγεʼ ἔθηκε

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