Antipater of Tarsus

Antipater of Tarsus ( * before 200 BC in Tarsus, † 129 BC in Athens ) was an ancient Greek philosopher.

Antipater was born in the 3rd century. He came to Athens and joined there a school of philosophers, the Stoics, on whose head of the school ( Scholarch ) then Diogenes of Seleucia " the Babylonians " was. After the death of Diogenes, he became his successor shortly before 150. He defended the Stoic doctrine in numerous writings against attacks of the skeptic Carneades, who then headed the Platonic Academy. One verbal confrontation with the dreaded debater Carneades he evaded. Therefore, he was nicknamed " spring Schreier " ( kalamoboas ).

Antipater died in 129 BC by drinking a cup of poison. His most important pupil and successor as Scholarch the Stoa was Panaetius.