Nausiphane ̄s of Teo ̄s (340 – 320 BCE)
De ̄mokritean philosopher and teacher of the atomist E, he was influenced by the
Skepticism of Pyrrho and wrote an epistemological work called the Tripod. Epicurus’ major
work on epistemology, the Canon, was partially a response to it. Nausiphane ̄s’ interests
included physics, mathematics, ethics, music, and rhetoric.
DK 75; Long and Sedley (1987) §1B; OCD3 1029, D.N. Sedley; ECP 352, D. Konstan; DPA 4 (2005)
585 – 586, R. Goulet; BNP 9 (2006) 552–553, I. Bodnár.
Walter G. Englert
Nautele ̄s (ca 400 – 250 BCE?)
C 18.5 lists H, the otherwise unknown Nautele ̄s, M (I),
and D as writers of works on the oktaete ̄ris.
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PTK
Neanthe ̄s of Kuzikos (330 – 30 BCE?)
Greek historian who wrote a collection of biographies, On famous Men, that mainly dealt
with the lives of philosophers up to the generation of P.
FGrHist 84; RE 16.2 (1935) 2108–2110, R. Laqueur; DPA 4 (2005) 587–594, P.P. Fuentes González.
Jørgen Mejer
Nearkhos (60 BCE – 80 CE)
A, in G CMLoc 8.7 (13.204 K.), gives his liver-pill recipe, containing
agrimony (after M: cf. D 4.41), arugula seed, elecampane, eryngo,
gentian (cf. G), hart’s tongue (T, HP 9.18.7), polion (Diosk. 3.110),
juniper, kostos, madder, pepper, and nine other ingredients.
Fabricius (1726) 344.
PTK
Nearkhos of Crete (315 – 295 BCE)
Originally from Crete, lived in Amphipolis, one of the boyhood companions of Alexander
of Macedon. He accompanied Alexander on his expedition and was made satrap of Lukia
and Pamphulia in 334/3. In 329/8 he rejoined Alexander in Baktria and was made a
Khiliarkh of the Hypaspists. When the fleet was built on the Hydaspes river, Alexander
appointed Nearkhos admiral of the fleet, sharing responsibility with O, the
chief pilot of Alexander’s ship. Alexander charged Nearkhos with guiding the fleet back to
the Persian Gulf and exploring the coast along the way. The half-year journey ended suc-
cessfully with Nearkhos arriving at the mouth of the Euphrates; Nearkhos then sailed the
fleet up the Pasitigris (Karun) river to Susa and was awarded a gold crown by Alexander.
Shortly before Alexander’s death, he and Nearkhos were planning an expedition to Arabia.
Afterwards, Nearkhos served under Antigonos Monophthalmos. Nearkhos’ lost account of
India and the coasting expedition was used extensively by A in the latter part of
NAUSIPHANE ̄S OF TEO ̄S