About Basilides of Scythopolis
Basilides of Scythopolis was a philosopher.
Basilides of Scythopolis ( AD) was a philosopher, probably a Stoic. According to the Chronicle of Jerome, he was one of the "illustrious" teachers of Marcus Aurelius. Jerome calls him , which implies that he came from Scythopolis in Palestine. The same information as in Jerome also appears in George Syncellus.
There is no basis for identifying him with the hypermaterialist Basilides, also a Stoic, nor with the contemporary Gnostic Basilides.
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