Though he was not a citizen of Athens (he had met Aristotle in the 340s in his homeland of Lesbos) he managed to buy land near the main gym of the Lyceum as well as several buildings for the library and additional workspace in 315 BCE.
Selv om han ikke var athener og havde mødt Aristoteles i 340'erne f.Kr. i hans hjemegn Lesbos, lykkedes det ham at købe land nær ved Lykeions hovedgymnasium og flere bygninger til bibliotekets og arbejdsplads i 315 f.Kr.