Vitae philosophorum

He died of paralysis, but not till he had given full proof of his ability.

And then there is Leonteus of Lampsacus and his wife Themista, to whom Epicurus wrote letters; further, Colotes[*](Colotes, a great admirer of the master, wrote a work to prove that life is impossible by the rules of any other philosophy. Plutarch wrote a tract against him: Πρὸς Κολώτην 1107 e-1127; and also a rejoinder entitled, Οὐδὲ ζῆν ἔστιν ἡδέως κατʼ Ἐπίκουρον, to prove that even a pleasurable life is unattainable on the principles of Epicurus.) and Idomeneus, who were also natives of Lampsacus. All these were distinguished, and with them Polystratus, the successor of Hermarchus; he was succeeded by Dionysius, and he by Basilides. Apollodorus, known as the tyrant of the garden, who wrote over four hundred books, is