CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. (From Tennemann) with a few additions. B. C. Rome Olymp. Thales born, ac. to Apollodorus. Thales born, ac. to Meiners. Anaximander born. Pythagoras born, ac. to Larcher. Solon published his laws. Pherecydes born about the same time. Thales foretold an eclipse. Pythagoras born, ac. to Meiners. Solon died. Anaximenes flourished. Democritus born, ac. to Thrasyllus. Parmenides came from Elea to Athens with Zeno Democritus born, ac. to Apollodorus. Empedocles flourished, ac. to some. Anaxagoras repaired to Athens. Xenophon born. Melissus. Gorgias wrote his treatise Περί Φύσεως Socrates born. Parmenides flourished. 429 428 Protagoras and Prodicus flourished. Plato born, ac. to Corsini. Plato born, ac. to Dodwell. Pericles died. Gorgias sent ambassador to Athens. Diagoras f Democritus died, ac. to Eusebius. Close of the Peloponnesian war. Socrates died; his disciples retired to Megara. Plato's first voyage to Syracuse. Aristotle born. Pyrrho born. Eudoxus flourished. Antisthenes and Aristippus flourished. Aristotle repaired to Athens. 360 394 356 398 348 406 339 415 110,2 337 417 110,4 336 418 111,1 335 419 111.2 324 430 114,1 323 431 114,2 322 432 320 434 316 438 116,1 314 440 116,3 313 441 116,4 305 449 118,3 300 454 120,1 288 466 123,1 286 468 285 469 123,4 280 474 125,1 Plato's second voyage to Syracuse. Alexander born. Plato died; Speusippus succeeded him. Diogenes and Crates (the Cynics) Pyrrho and Anax- Aristotle opened his school at the Lycæum. Alexander the Great died. Ptolemy, the son of Aristotle died; Theophrastus succeeded him. Arcesilaus born (or later). Xenocrates died; Polemo succeeded him. Stilpo, and Theodorus the Atheist, flourished. Diodorus and Philo. Pyrrho died. The phrastus died. Pyrrho died about the same time; succeeded by Strato. Ptolemy Philadelphus became king of Egypt. 272 482 126,4 Timon flourished. Epicurus died. Strato died; succeeded by Lyco. Zeno, the Stoic, died (or later); succeeded by Persæus.-Aristo of Chios.-Herillus flourished. Carneades born. Zeno of Tarsus flourished. Chrysippus died, ac. to Menage. Diogenes of Panatius born (ac. to some, later). Embassy from the Athenians to Rome. (Critolaus, Macedon became a Roman province. Carneades died; succeeded by Clitomachus. 647 167,2 Cicero born. Clitomachus died; succeeded by Philo. Posidonius flourished. Sylla took Athens. Antiochus. Philo retired to Rome. 667 171,2 Lucretius born (ac. to others, earlier). Posidonius died. 107) or 106) 86 |