Born, about the middle of the first century, A.D., in
Hierapolis, Phrygia; originally a slave, but became a
freedman of Epaphroditus, a favorite of the emperor Nero; a
pupil of Musonius Rufus; taught philosophy at Rome; banished
with other philosophers by Domitian and settled in
Nicopolis, Epirus, where he taught philosophy, his doctrines
being compiled by his pupil Arrian, the historian; he wrote
nothing himself.
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