Hegesinus of Pergamon

Hegesinus of Pergamon (Greek: Ἡγησίνους), was an Academic philosopher, the successor of Evander and the immediate predecessor of Carneades as the leader (scholarch) of the Academy.[1] He was scholarch for a period around 160 BC. Nothing else is known about him.

Notes

1. Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, iv. 60; Cicero, Academica, ii. 6.

References

• K. Algra, J. Barnes, J. Mansfeld, M. Schofield, The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy. Pages 32–33. Cambridge University Press. (2005).
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.