Posidonius of Apamea, of Rhodes
Also known as
Ποσειδώνιος ο ΑπαμεύςΠοσειδώνιος ο ΡόδιοςΠοσειδώνιοςPoseidonios von ApameiaPoseidonios von RhodosPoseidoniosPosidonius of ApameiaPosidonius of RhodesPosidoniusPosidonios du ApaméePosidonios du RhodesPosidoniosPosidonio di ApameaPosidonio di RodiPosidonioPosidonio de ApameaPosidonio de RodasPosidonius of Apameaof Apamea Posidonius
**Posidonius** (pōsēdō`nēəs), Greek: Ποσειδώνιος (Poseidonios), (= “of Poseidon”), commonly named “ὁ Ἀπαμεύς” (= **“of Apameia”**) or “ὁ Ῥόδιος” (= **“of Rhodes”**) (b. ca. 135 B.C. in Apameia, Syria; d. 51 B.C. in Rome), nicknamed **“the Athlete”**, was a Greek Stoic philosopher, astronomer, geographer, politician (one of the Prytaneis at Rhodes), historian and teacher.
Posidonius completed his higher education in Athens, where he was a student of the aged Panaetius, the head of the Stoic school. He settled in Rhodes around 95 B.C. after extensive travels. The major representative of the Middle Stoa was acclaimed as the greatest polymath of his age.
