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Pamphilus (the Platonist)

Pamphilus

A pupil of Plato whom Epicurus is said to have heard as a young man on Samos. Cicero reports that Epicurus held this Platonist in contempt.

Mentioned in 3 works (4 total)

Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book IV speeches · 2 mentions
On the Orator rhetoric · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 7.2 letters · 1 mention

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