Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the elder)

Metrodorus of Lampsacus (Greek: Μητρόδωρος Λαμψακηνός, romanized: Mētrodōros Lampsakēnos; 5th century BC) was a Presocratic philosopher from the Greek town of Lampsacus on the eastern shore of the Hellespont. He was a contemporary and friend of Anaxagoras. He wrote on Homer, the leading feature of his system of interpretation being that the deities and stories in Homer were to be understood as allegorical modes of representing physical powers and phenomena. He is mentioned in Plato's dialogue Ion. He died in 464 BC.[1][2]

Notes
  1. Plato, Ion, c. 2
  2. Diogenes Laertius, ii. 11
gollark: > journalctl is not greatWell, I can conveniently check "hmm yes what has this service outputted in the last few minutes", follow logs, and specify stuff like "dnscrypt-proxy should only start when the network goes up".
gollark: I don't think UK curricula cover them until A level.
gollark: Or... actually in most countries that I know of.
gollark: Not here!
gollark: I mean, I can conveniently manage services with simple commands, unit file syntax means I can ACTUALLY WRITE SERVICES, it lets me specify dependencies, it's easy to add sandboxing via something something namespaces to a service, and `journalctl`'s pretty great.

References
  • Der Kleine Pauly. vol. 3, col. 1280.
  • Fuentes González, Pedro Pablo, “Métrodore de Lampsaque”, in R. Goulet (ed.), Dictionnaire des Philosophes Antiques, vol. IV, Paris, CNRS, 2005, p. 508-514.
  •  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.


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