person
Heraclides Ponticus
Heraclides
also: Heraclides Ponticus, Heraclides of Pontus
Greek philosopher of Heraclea Pontica (4th cent. BC), a pupil of Plato known for dialogues set among ancient figures; Cicero contrasts himself with him to argue that he, a consular, should speak in his own person in De Re Publica.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 15.13 §3 the Heraclidean
The "Heraclidean" dialogue form, named after Heraclides Ponticus (4th c. BC), a Platonist who set his dialogues in a remote setting with grand historical speakers; Cicero adopted the manner for works like De Republica.
- Ad Quintum Fratrem 3.5 (combined with 3.6 as the single SB letter 3.5b) §1 I was not a Heraclides of Pontus but a consular
Heraclides of Pontus, a pupil of Plato, wrote dialogues set among figures of the distant past. Sallustius's point: a former consul who had lived through great events should write about the state in his own voice, not hide behind antique speakers.
- Tusculan Disputations §5.8 Heraclides of Pontus
Heraclides Ponticus (c. 390-310 BC), a pupil of Plato and prolific author. He is Cicero's source for the anecdote in which Pythagoras coins the word "philosopher" in conversation with Leon of Phlius.