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Themista of Lampsacus

Themista

also: Themista, Themiste, de Themista

A woman of Lampsacus, wife of Leonteus and a follower of Epicurus, to and about whom Epicurus is said to have written; Cicero in De Finibus 2.68 mocks the Epicureans for filling whole volumes on the subject of Themista while the great names of Greek history go unmentioned in their school.

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Mentioned in 2 works (2 total)

Against Piso speeches · 1 mention
Ad Quintum Fratrem 3.7 letters · 1 mention

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