Andronicus of Rhodes

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Andronicus of Rhodes was a 1st-century BCE Peripatetic philosopher best known for editing and organizing Aristotle’s works, which greatly influenced their transmission and interpretation in later antiquity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aristotelian commentator
Peripatetic philosopher
ancient Greek philosopher
textual editor
associatedWith Aristotle’s school
linked to: Peripatetic school

Lyceum
linked to: Lyceum of Aristotle
contributedTo arrangement of Aristotle’s treatises into a systematic corpus
establishment of the Aristotelian corpus
editedWork Aristotle’s Metaphysics
Aristotle’s Organon
linked to: Aristotle's Organon

Aristotle’s ethical writings
Aristotle’s physical works
era Hellenistic period
floruit 1st century BCE
influenced Hellenistic scholarship on Aristotle
later Peripatetic philosophers
knownFor editing Aristotle’s works
influencing the interpretation of Aristotle in later antiquity
influencing the transmission of Aristotle’s writings
organizing Aristotle’s corpus
language Ancient Greek
legacy preservation of Aristotle’s treatises for later antiquity
shaping the canon of Aristotelian texts
standard ordering of many Aristotelian works
mainInterest Aristotle’s philosophy
Peripatetic philosophy
name Andronicus of Rhodes
occupation editor of philosophical texts
philosopher
philosophicalSchool Peripatetic school
philosophicalTradition Aristotelianism
region Rhodes

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Peripatetic school notableFigure Andronicus of Rhodes
Organon compiledByTradition Andronicus of Rhodes
Corpus Aristotelicum compiledBy Andronicus of Rhodes
Andronicus of Rhodes name Andronicus of Rhodes