Leaders of the Major Philosophical Schools

387 BCE – 250 CE  ·  Academy  ·  Peripatetic  ·  Epicurean  ·  Stoic

Academy — Platonic Peripatetic — Aristotelian Epicurean — The Garden The Men (co-teachers) Stoic — The Stoa
Leaders of the major philosophical schools, 387 BCE – 250 CE Timeline chart of school leadership: Academy, Peripatetic, Epicurean (with Hoi Andres and full Diadochoi), and Stoic traditions. Academy Platonic tradition Peripatetic Aristotelian tradition Epicurean The Garden Stoic The Stoa 300 BCE 200 BCE 100 BCE 1 CE 100 CE 200 CE Plato 387–347 BCE Speusippus 347–339 Xenocrates 339–314 BCE Polemon 314–269 BCE Crates 269–264 Arcesilaus 268–241 BCE Lacydes 241–215 BCE Telecles / Evander 215–205 Hegesinus 190–155 BCE Carneades 155–129 BCE Clitomachus 129–110 Philo of Larissa 110–84 Antiochus of Ascalon 80–40 BCE Aristotle 335–322 BCE Theophrastus 322–287 BCE Strato 287–269 BCE Lyco of Troas 269–225 BCE Aristo of Ceos 225–190 BCE records sparse Andronicus of Rhodes c. 1st c. BCE Alexander of Aphrodisias 2nd c. CE The Men Epicurus (founder) 307–270 BCE Polyaenus c. 345–286 BCE Metrodorus c. 331–278 BCE Hermarchus c. 325–270 BCE → Hermarchus becomes 1st Scholarch DIADOCHOI 1. Hermarchus 270–250 BCE 2. Polystratus 250–219/8 BCE 3. Dionysius of Lamptrai 219–205 4. Basilides of Tyrus 205–175 BCE 5. Protarchus of Barghilia 175–150 BCE 6. Apollodorus of Athens 147–125 BCE 7. Zeno of Sidon c. 125–75 BCE 8. Phaedrus 75–70/69 BCE 9. Patro 70/69–51 BCE Scholarchs 10–15 not yet identified (c. 51 BCE – 100 CE) 16. Popillius Theotimus c. 100–130 CE 17. Heliodorus c. 130–180 CE Hadrian writes M. Aurelius stipend Diogenes of Oinoanda 2nd–3rd c. CE (inscription) Zeno of Citium 301–262 BCE Cleanthes 262–232 BCE Chrysippus 232–206 BCE Zeno of Tarsus 206–190 Diogenes of Babylon 190–150 Antipater of Tarsus 150–129 BCE Panaetius 129–109 BCE Posidonius c. 110–51 BCE Seneca 1st c. CE Epictetus c. 55–135 CE Marcus Aurelius 121–180 CE
The Men (dashed outline): Epicurus's inner circle of co-teachers — Polyaenus, Metrodorus, and Hermarchus — who with Epicurus formed the founding generation of the school. They are not formal successors but contemporaries.  ·  Diadochoi numbering is approximate after Scholarch #9.  ·  All dates are approximate.