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LACYDES OF CYRENE

This article appears in Volume V16, Page 57 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: KRO-LAP
LACYDES OF CYRENE ,
Greek
  philosopher, was head of the
Academy
  at Athens in succession to
Arcesilaus
  about 241 B.C. Though some regard him as the founder of the New
Academy
 , the testimony of antiquity is that he adhered in general to the theory of
Arcesilaus
 , and, therefore, that he belonged to the Middle Academy. He lectured in a
garden
  called the Lacydeum, which was presented to him by Attalus I. of Pergamum, and for twenty-six years maintained the traditions of the Academy. He is said to have written
treatises
 , but nothing survives. Before his death he voluntarily resigned his position to his pupils, Euander and Telecles. Apart from a number of anecdotes distinguished rather for sarcastic humour than for probability, Lacydes exists for us as a man of refined
character
 , a hard worker and an accomplished orator. According to Athenaeus (x. 438) and
Diogenes
  Laertius (iv. 6o) he died from excessive drinking, but the story is discredited by the eulogy of
Eusebius
  (Praep. Ev. xiv. 7), that he was in all things moderate.
See Cicero, Acad. ii. 6; and Aelian, V.H.' ii. 41; also articles ACADEMY, ARCESILAUS,
CARNEADES
 .


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