Jason of Nysa

Jason of Nysa (Greek: Ἰάσων ὁ Νυσαεύς, Iason ho Nysaeus; 1st-century BC) was a Stoic philosopher, the son of Menecrates, and, on his mother's side, grandson of Posidonius, of whom he was also the disciple and successor at the Stoic school at Rhodes.[1] He therefore flourished after the middle of the 1st century BC. The Suda lists four works of his:[1]

  • Βίοι Ἐνδόξων - Famous Lives
  • Φιλοσόφων Διαδοχαί - Successions of Philosophers
  • Βίος Ἑλλάδος - Life of Greece, in 4 books
  • Περὶ Ῥόδου - On Rhodes

However, the Suda expresses doubt about whether the third book is his, and also credits Jason of Argos as having written a Life of Greece in 4 books.[2]

Notes

  1. Suda, Jason ι 52
  2. Suda, Jason ι 53
gollark: But that university has basically no incentive to have reasonable prices.
gollark: I said "many", not "all".
gollark: The government throwing money at it will not make that better.
gollark: In many cases you just need to have *a degree* of some sort, even if it's completely pointless, because it shows... that you have the patience to do a thing for 4 years or something??
gollark: Or, well, are just short of it.
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