06-10-2009, 12:33 AM
You're right, there is a dearth of information on Posidonius, but I hope these links help you. The entire island became a sort of private school for the children of wealthy Romans during this era.
Pompey visited Posidonius on Rhodes in 62 BC while he was attending to other matters:
Plutarch- Life of Pompey
Posidonius visited Rome around 51 BC, and he was a student of Panaetius:
Suda
When he died, he was apparently 84 years old:
Lucian
Also worth noting. Caesar and Cicero both studied rhetoric at Rhodes under Apollonius Molon:
Plutarch- Life of Caesar
Gaius Cassius Longinus studied rhetoric there too, under Archelaus:
Appian
...and Brutus too, under Pammenes:
Plutarch- Life of Brutus
If you click those links and just wait a second for them to work their magic, they'll bring you right to the passage you're looking for.
Pompey visited Posidonius on Rhodes in 62 BC while he was attending to other matters:
Plutarch- Life of Pompey
Posidonius visited Rome around 51 BC, and he was a student of Panaetius:
Suda
When he died, he was apparently 84 years old:
Lucian
Also worth noting. Caesar and Cicero both studied rhetoric at Rhodes under Apollonius Molon:
Plutarch- Life of Caesar
Gaius Cassius Longinus studied rhetoric there too, under Archelaus:
Appian
...and Brutus too, under Pammenes:
Plutarch- Life of Brutus
If you click those links and just wait a second for them to work their magic, they'll bring you right to the passage you're looking for.
