(), an intimate friend of Epicurus, is spoken of
by Cicero (de Fin. 5.31) as paying a visit to Arcesilaus. The MSS. of
Cicero have Carneades, but there can be little doubt that Corniades is the correct reading,
since the latter is mentioned by Plutarch (non posse suaviter vivi secundum
Epicur. p. 1089) as a friend of Epicurus, and the former could not possibly have been
the friend of Epicurus, as Carneades died in