![]() Arcesilaus was also a pupil of Pyrrho, and he maintained Pyrrho's philosophy except in name. Pyrrho's pupils included Timon of Phlius, Hecataeus of Abdera, and Nausiphanes, who was one of Epicurus' teachers. Returning to Elis, he lived in poor circumstances, but was highly honored by the Elians, who made him a high priest, and also by the Athenians, who conferred upon him the rights of citizenship. This exposure to Eastern philosophy, and in particular Buddhist philosophy, seems to have inspired him to create his new philosophy and to adopt a life of solitude. Pyrrho, along with Anaxarchus, travelled with Alexander the Great on his conquest of the east, "so that he even went as far as the Gymnosophists in India and the Magi" in Persia. Unlike the founders of other Hellenistic philosophies, Pyrrho was not substantively influenced by Socrates. Later he was diverted to philosophy by the works of Democritus, and according to Diogenes Laërtius became acquainted with the Megarian dialectic through Bryson, pupil of Stilpo. ĭiogenes Laërtius, quoting from Apollodorus of Athens, says that Pyrrho was at first a painter, and that pictures by him were exhibited in the gymnasium at Elis. In the Python, Pyrrho's student Timon of Phlius describes first meeting Pyrrho on the grounds of an Amphiareion, i.e., a temple of Amphiaraus, while they were both on a pilgrimage to Delphi. The Klytidiai were descendants of Klytios, who was the son of Alcmaeon and the grandson of Amphiaraus. He was likely a member of the Klytidiai, a clan of seers in Elis who interpreted the oracles of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia where Pyrrho served as a high priest. Pyrrho of Elis is estimated to have lived from around 365/360 until 275/270 BCE. Map of Alexander the Great's empire and the route he and Pyrrho took to India ![]()
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