Thrasyllus of Mendes
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Thrasyllus of Mendes was a 1st-century CE Egyptian astrologer and scholar who served as Tiberius’s court astrologer and famously arranged Plato’s dialogues into the influential Thrasyllan tetralogies.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic-era astrologer
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ancient Egyptian person ⓘ astrologer ⓘ editor of Plato ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfDeath | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alexandrian scholarship
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Roman imperial court ⓘ Tiberius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Roman Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Capri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Tiberius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Early Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Greek ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Platonic studies
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astrology ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| hasVariantName |
Thrasyllus of Alexandria
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Tiberius Claudius Thrasyllus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman imperial astrology
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ancient Platonist scholarship ⓘ later editors of Plato’s dialogues ⓘ |
| knownFor |
arranging Plato’s dialogues into tetralogies
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astrological writings ⓘ serving as court astrologer to the Roman emperor Tiberius ⓘ the Thrasyllan arrangement of Plato’s works ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Tiberius’s inner circle ⓘ |
| name | Thrasyllus of Mendes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Thrasyllan tetralogies of Plato
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astrological treatises (now lost) ⓘ |
| occupation |
astrologer
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literary editor ⓘ philosopher ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Platonism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Mendes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Mendes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Greco-Egyptian polytheism ⓘ |
| residence |
Capri
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Rome ⓘ |
| sourceMention |
Suetonius’s The Twelve Caesars
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Tacitus’s Annals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studentOf | Tiberius (in astrology and philosophy) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeInOffice | reign of Tiberius ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Capri
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Rome ⓘ |
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