About Charmadas
Lived 168 BC – 103 BC (aged 64–65). Charmadas was a philosopher and orator.
Charmadas (; also Charmides (Χαρμίδης); 168/7 – 103/91 BC) was a Greek academic skeptic philosopher and a disciple of Carneades at the Academy in Athens. He was famous for his elegant style. Charmadas introduced the teaching of rhetoric into the Academy and is said to have had many students. Like Philo of Larissa he seems to have pursued a more moderate philosophical scepticism. Lucius Licinius Crassus and Marcus Antonius (orator) were his most prominent pupils. Furthermore, Philodemus preserved us the names of other pupils: Diodorus of Adramyttion, Apollodor of Tarsus, Heliodorus of Mallos, Phanostratus of Tralles and a certain Apollonius.
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Who was Charmadas?
ancient Greek philosopher
When was Charmadas born?
Charmadas was born in 168 BC.
When did Charmadas die?
Charmadas died in 103 BC.
What was Charmadas's occupation?
Charmadas was a philosopher and orator.
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