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Headword: Φιλίσκος
Adler number: phi,359
Translated headword: Philiskos, Philiscus
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Of Aigina [Myth, Place], the man who taught Alexander of Macedon his letters.[1] He himself was a pupil of Diogenes the Cynic,[2] though of Stilpon according to Hermippos. He wrote dialogues, one of which is Kodros.
Greek Original:
Φιλίσκος, Αἰγινήτης, ὁ διδάξας γράμματα Ἀλέξανδρον τὸν Μακεδόνα. αὐτὸς δὲ ἀκουστὴς ἦν τοῦ Κυνὸς Διογένους, κατὰ δὲ Ἕρμιππον Στίλπωνος. ἔγραψε διαλόγους, ὧν ἐστι Κόδρος.
Notes:
See generally OCD (3) p.1163, under Philiscus(3); and further at phi 362.
[1] Unlikely.
[2] Diogenes Laertius 6.73 calls him a "friend" of Diogenes.
Keywords: biography; philosophy
Translated by: David Whitehead on 16 November 2001@08:28:22.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead on 6 September 2002@11:27:48.
Elizabeth Vandiver (Cosmetics) on 14 December 2003@15:15:21.
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