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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Thrasyllus of Mendes canonical 3
Thrasyllus of Alexandria 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic-era astrologer
ancient Egyptian person
astrologer
editor of Plato
scholar
activeInCentury 1st century CE
approximateDateOfDeath 1st century CE
associatedWith Alexandrian scholarship
Roman imperial court
Tiberius
citizenship Roman Empire
countryOfBirth Roman Egypt
deathPlace Capri
employer Tiberius
era Early Roman Empire
ethnicOrigin Greek
fieldOfWork Platonic studies
astrology
textual criticism
hasVariantName Thrasyllus of Alexandria
Tiberius Claudius Thrasyllus
influenced Roman imperial astrology
ancient Platonist scholarship
later editors of Plato’s dialogues
knownFor arranging Plato’s dialogues into tetralogies
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
notableWork Thrasyllan tetralogies of Plato
astrological treatises (now lost)
occupation astrologer
literary editor
philosopher
scholar
philosophicalTradition Platonism
placeOfBirth Mendes
placeOfOrigin Mendes
religion Greco-Egyptian polytheism
residence Capri
Rome
sourceMention Suetonius’s The Twelve Caesars
linked to: De vita Caesarum

Tacitus’s Annals
linked to: Annals by Tacitus
studentOf Tiberius (in astrology and philosophy)
timeInOffice reign of Tiberius
workLocation Capri
Rome

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Thrasyllan tetralogies attributedTo Thrasyllus of Mendes
Thrasyllan tetralogies namedAfter Thrasyllus of Mendes
Thrasyllus of Mendes name Thrasyllus of Mendes
Thrasyllus of Mendes hasVariantName Thrasyllus of Alexandria
linked to: Thrasyllus of Mendes