Nessos of Chios
Nessos of Chios (Ancient Greek: Νεσσᾶς or Νέσσος ὁ Χῖος) was a pre-Socratic ancient Greek philosopher from the island of Chios.
Biography[]
Little is known about the life and work of Nessos. The only thing that is known that was Democritus philosophy and the compatriot Metrodorus was his student.[1] That is supported in commentaries of interpretations of Homeric and Hesiod works.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ "Diels : Les présocratiques : Diogène de Smyrne". remacle.org. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
- ^ Porphyrius, Quaest. hom. I, 137, 14 (ed. Schrader);.
- ^ Proclus, In Hes. Opp. 84.
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- 1st-millennium BC deaths
- 1st-millennium BC births
- Ancient Chians
- Ancient Greeks
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- Greek academic biography stubs
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