Praxiphanes

Praxiphanes (Greek: Πραξιφάνης) a Peripatetic philosopher, was a native of Mytilene, who lived a long time in Rhodes.^[1] He lived in the time of Demetrius Poliorcetes and Ptolemy I Soter, and was a pupil of Theophrastus, about 322 BC.^[2] He subsequently opened a school himself, in which Epicurus is said to have been one of his pupils.^[3] Praxiphanes paid special attention to grammatical studies, and is hence named along with Aristotle as the founder and creator of the science of grammar.^[4]^[5]

^ Algra, K., The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy. Page 36. Cambridge University Press. (1999). Cf. Clement of Alexandria, i.; Strabo, xiv.
^ Proclus, i. in Timaeum; John Tzetzes, ad Hesiod. Op. et Dies, 1.
^ Diogenes Laërtius, x. 13
^ Clement of Alexandria, i.
^ Smith 1870.

[1] Algra, K., The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy. Page 36. Cambridge University Press. (1999). Cf. Clement of Alexandria, i.; Strabo, xiv.

[2] Proclus, i. in Timaeum; John Tzetzes, ad Hesiod. Op. et Dies, 1.

[3] Diogenes Laërtius, x. 13

[4] Clement of Alexandria, i.

[FOOTNOTESmith1870-5] Smith 1870.

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