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Colotes

ancient Greek philosopher
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Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[6]
Date of birth
320 BC
Place of birth
Lampsacus
Occupation
philosopher
Field of work
philosophy[4]
Student of
Epicurus[8]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Ancient Greek[12]
Described by source
1870 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa[9][10][11]
Different from
Colotes[14]
Movement
Epicureanism[7]
Name in native language
Κολώτης[13]
Significant place
Lampsacus[17]
Student
Menedemus the Cynic[5]
Time period
Hellenistic period[15]
Writing language
Ancient Greek[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Colotes en Colotes of Lampsacus de Kolotes de Kolotes von Lampsakos el Κωλώτης ο Λαμψακηνός el Κολώτης el Κολώτης ο Λαμψακηνός el Κωλώτης fa کولوتس fi Colotes fi Kolotes Lampsakoslainen fr Colotès de Lampsaque fr Colotès he קולוטס id Kolotes Lampsakenos it Colote it Colote di Lampsaco ja コロテス nl Colotes van Lampsacus pl Kolotes z Lampsakos
🔖 Identifiers · 28
ISNI
0000000058235604
VIAF cluster ID
1658159234274.5B (298159474144.5B–1658159234274.5B, n=5)
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n89618464
GND ID
102385475
Academic Tree ID
169432
BIBSYS ID
95000900
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00283888
CIRIS author ID
564
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11288122
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
102385475
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Colotes
FAST ID
247808
Show all 28 identifiers +16
Freebase ID
/m/07f0qc
J9U entity ID
987007278939905171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069889635
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
1734
Prabook ID
2517222
RERO ID (legacy)
A024988977
RSPA ancient author ID
4ebab470fd175756afd03979f30e02447a30fe10
TLG author ID
1283
ToposText person ID
1109
Treccani ID
colote-di-lampsaco
Treccani's Dizionario di Filosofia ID
colote-di-lampsaco
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
colote-di-lampsaco
Trismegistos author ID
494
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV12668436, ADV12668434
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/64516
Yale LUX ID
person/7dd0abae-0656-415e-a51c-d66897c4d6e9

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Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Different from 1
Colotes
Field of work 1
philosophy
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Ancient Greek
Movement 1
Epicureanism
Occupation 1
philosopher
Place of birth 1
Lampsacus
Sex or gender 1
male
Student 1
Menedemus the Cynic
Student of 1
Epicurus
Students 1
Menedemus the Cynic
Teachers 1
Epicurus
Time period 1
Hellenistic period
Writing language 1
Ancient Greek
← Different from 1
Colotes
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Summary

Colotes was born in 320 BC[1] in Lampsacus[2]. He has worked as a philosopher[3].

FAQs

Where was Colotes born?

Colotes was born in Lampsacus[2].

What did Colotes do for work?

Colotes worked as a philosopher[3].

Related Entities

Epicurus philosophy

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  6. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26w ago · JBradyK · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant place → Lampsacus
    "Created claim: Significant place: Lampsacus, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778419496124"
  2. 26w ago · Tolanor · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Field of work → philosophy
    Student of → Epicurus
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Ancient Greek
    Student → Menedemus the Cynic
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa"
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