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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Arcesilaus
Britannica 11thARCESILAUS (316-241 B.C.), a Greek philosopher and founder of the New, or Middle, Academy (see ACADEMY, GREEK). Born at Pitane in Aeolis, he was trained by Autolycus, the mathematician, and later at Athens by Theophrastus and Grantor, by whom he was led to joi ...
Vol. 2, pp. 342-342
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Eratosthenes Of Alexandria
Britannica 11th... limachus at Alexandria, and philosophy under the Stoic Ariston and the Academic Arcesilaus at Athens. He returned to Alexandria at the summons of Ptolemy III. Euergetes, by whom he was appointed chief librarian in place of Callimachus. He is said to have died ...
Vol. 9, pp. 733-733
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