Metrodōrus

, a physician of Chios, B.C. 444. He was the disciple of Demo crit us, and had Hippo crates among his pupils. His compositions on medicine, . , are lost. He supported that the world was eternal and infinite, and denied the existence of motion. Diogenes Laërtius. ――A painter and philosopher of Str a to nice, B.C. 171. He was sent to Paulus Æmylius, who, after the conquest of Perseus, demanded of the A then i ans a philosopher and a painter; the former to instruct his children, and the latter to make a painting of his triumphs. Me trod or us was sent, as in him alone were united the philosopher and the painter. Pliny , bk. 35 , ch. 11 .— Cicero , bk. 5 , De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum , ch. 1 ; On Oratory , bk. 4 ; Academic a. — ♦ Diogenes Laërtius , Epicurus .――A friend of Mithridates, sent as amba ador to Tigranes king of Armenia. He was remarkable for his learning, moderation, humanity, and justice. He was put to death by his royal master for his infidelity, B.C. 72. Strabo. — Plutarch. ――Another, of a very retentive memory. ♦ ‘Diod.’ replaced with ‘Diogenes Laërtius’