Lives of the Eminent Philosophers: by Diogenes Laertius

Diogenes Laertius was a Greek writer who probably lived in the first half of the third century AD. Nothing is known about his life, apart from his authorship of the Lives of the Eminent Philosophers. He also wrote poems, most of them now lost.

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Pamela Mensch is a translator of ancient Greek literature who lives in New York City. Her translations include The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander, Histories: Herodotus, The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives, Plutarch, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers: Diogenes Laertius, and Theophrastus: Characters.