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triumph. The inhabitants suggested Metrodorus as capable of discharging both duties, and it is recorded that Aemilius was entirely satisfied (see See also:

Pliny, Nat. Hist. See also:

xxv. 135). 2. METRODORUS of See also:

CHIOS

Chios was an important member of the Atomistic school. A See also:

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of Nessus, or, as some accounts prefer, of See also:

DEMOCRITUS

Democritus himself, he was a See also:

COMPLETE

complete sceptic. He accepted the Democritean theory of atoms and void and the See also:

PLURALITY (0. Fr. pluralitd, Late Lat. pluralitas, plural number)

plurality of worlds, but held a theory of his own that the stars are formed from See also:

day to day by the moisture in the See also:

air under the See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat of the See also:

sun. His See also:

RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical See also:

SCEPTICISM (o-Kesrroµai, I consider, reflect, hesitate, doubt)

scepticism is seen in the first See also:

SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence of his Hepi Ouvews, quoted by See also:

CICERO

Cicero in the Academics ii.

23 § 73. He says, " We know nothing, no, not even whether we know or not!" and maintains that everything is to each See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person only what it appears to him to be. Metrodorus is especially interesting as the teacher of See also:

ANAXARCHUS (c. 340 B.C.)

Anaxarchus, the friend of Pyrrho, and, therefore, as the connecting See also:

LINK

link between atomism proper and the later scepticism. It cannot be decided whether a See also:

WORK

work entitled the Tpmina quoted by See also:

ATHENAEUS

Athenaeus (iv. 184 a) is by this, or another, Metrodorus. The same difficulty is found in the See also:

case of the Hepl taroptas referred to by the scholiast on See also:

APOLLONIUS

Apollonius. 3. METRODORUS of See also:

LAMPSACUS

Lampsacus was the See also:

DISCIPLE

disciple and intimate friend of See also:

EPICURUS (342–270 B.C.)

Epicurus, and is described by Cicero (de Fin. ii. 28. 92) as " almost a second Epicurus." He died in 277 B.C. at the See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fifty-three, seven years before his See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, who adopted his children and in his will commended them to the care of his pupils. The wife of Metrodorus was Leontion, herself, like many other See also:

WOMEN

women of the See also:

time, a member of the Epicurean society. Athenaeus (vii.

279 F.) quotes from the words of Metrodorus showing that he was in entire agreement with Epicurus, and was, if possible, even more dogmatic in his See also:

DOCTRINE

doctrine of See also:

PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure. He censures his See also:

BROTHER

brother, Timocrates, who, though professedly Epicurean, maintained the existence of pleasures other than those of the See also:

BODY

body. 4. Another METRODORUS of Lampsacus was a pupil of Anaxagoras, and one of the earliest to See also:

ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to interpret See also:

HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer allegorically. He explained not only the gods but also the heroes See also:

AGAMEMNON

Agamemnon, See also:

Achilles, See also:

HECTOR

Hector, as representing See also:

PRIMARY

primary elements and natural phenomena. 5. METRODORUS of Stratonice was a pupil, first of See also:

APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus, and later of See also:

CARNEADES (214–129 B.C.)

Carneades. He flourished about no B.C., and is reputed to have been an orator of See also:

GREAT

great See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power. His defection from the Epicurean school is almost unique. It is explained by Cicero as being due to his theory that the scepticism of Carneades was merely a means of attacking the See also:

STOICS

Stoics on their own ground. Metrodorus held that Carneades was in reality a loyal follower of See also:

PLATO

Plato.

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