Anaximenes
Anaximenēs, is, m. (Ἀναξιμένης), I) ein berühmter ionischer Philosoph aus Milet, Schüler od. wenigstens Nachfolger des Anaximander (um 500 v. Chr.), Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 26. – II) ein Rhetor u. Historiker aus Lampsakus, Schüler des Zynikers Diogenes (um 365 v. Chr.), Quint. 3, 4, 9.
Ănaxĭmĕnēs, is, m. (Ἀναξιμένης), ¶ 1 philosophe de Milet : Cic. Nat. 1, 26 ¶ 2 rhéteur de Lampsaque : Quint. 3, 4, 9.
Anaximĕnes
(Ἀναξιμένης). (1) A Greek philosopher of Miletus, a younger contemporary and pupil of Anaximander, who died about B.C. 502. He supposed air to be the fundamental principle, out of which everything arose by rarefaction and condensation. This doctrine he expounded in a work, now lost, written in the Ionic dialect.
(2) A Greek sophist of Lampsacus, a favourite of Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great. He composed orations and historical works, some treating of the actions of those two princes. Of these but little remains. On the other hand, he is the author of the Rhetoric dedicated to Alexander, the earliest extant work of this kind, which was once included among the works of Aristotle.
Anaximenes
Anaximenes, wrote histories of Greece
- of Philip, and of Alexander: Paus. 6.18.2
- overreaches Alexander: Paus. 6.18.2-4
- avenges himself on Theopompus: Paus. 6.18.5
- practises speaking extemporaneously: Paus. 6.18.6
- statue at Olympia: Paus. 6.18.2