person
Zeno of Elea
also: Zeno Eleates, Zenonem Eleatem, Zeno of Elea
The Eleatic philosopher famous for his paradoxes, said to have been put to death under torture by a tyrant for conspiring against him. Cotta cites his death among the wise men ill-used by fortune.
Reading notes
- Tusculan Disputations §2.52 Set up Zeno of Elea, who endured everything sooner than betray his fellow conspirators
Zeno of Elea, the Eleatic philosopher (5th c. BC), who according to tradition bit out his tongue rather than betray his confederates in a plot against a tyrant. A stock example of fortitude under torture, distinct from Zeno of Citium the Stoic.