Athenodoros Cordylion [SEP] occupation
Athenodoros Cordylion
Athenodoros Cordylion (or Athenodorus, ; fl. early-mid 1st century BC) was a Stoic philosopher, born in Tarsus. He was the keeper of the library at Pergamon, where he was known to cut out passages from books on Stoic philosophy if he disagreed with them:
In his old age, Athenodorus relocated to Rome, where he lived with Cato the Younger until his death.
After the skeleton was given a proper burial, the ghost was said to have never haunted that house again.
Works.
Strabo, Cicero, and Eusebius regarded him highly. Works attributed to Athenodorus include:
- A work against the "Categories" of Aristotle (although this is sometimes credited to Athenodoros Cordylion).
- A history of Tarsus.
- A work of some kind dedicated to Octavia Minor.
- A work entitled περὶ σπουδῆς και παιδείας ("On zeal and education").