Telecles ( grc-gre, Τηλεκλῆς, Tēleklês), of

Phocis Phocis ( el, Φωκίδα ; grc, Φωκίς) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It stretches from the western mountainsides of Parnassus on the east to the mountain range of Vardo ...

Phocaea Phocaea or Phokaia (Ancient Greek: Φώκαια, ''Phókaia''; modern-day Foça in Turkey) was an ancient Ionia Ionia () was an ancient region on the western coast of Anatolia, to the south of present-day Izmir. It consisted of the northern ...

, was the pupil and successor of

Lacydes Lacydes of Cyrene, Libya, Cyrene ( grc-gre, Λακύδης ὁ Κυρηναῖος), Academic skepticism, Academic Skeptic philosopher, was head of the Platonic Academy at Athens in succession to Arcesilaus from 241 BC. He was forced to resign c. ...

, and was joint leader (

scholarch A scholarch ( grc, σχολάρχης, ''scholarchēs'') was the head of a school in ancient Greece. The term is especially remembered for its use to mean the heads of schools of philosophy, such as the Platonic Academy in ancient Athens. Its fir ...

) of the

Academy An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy ...

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

together with

Evander Evander is a masculine given name. It is an anglicization of the Greek name Εὔανδρος (lit. "good man", Latinized ''Evandrus''). It has also been adopted as an anglicization of the Gaelic name Iomhar (the Gaelic variant of the name Ivor ...

. In the final ten years of Lacydes' life (c. 215 – c. 205), Evander and Telecles had helped run the Academy due to Lacydes being seriously ill. They continued running the Academy after the death of Lacydes, without formally being elected scholarchs. On Telecles' death in 167/6 BC, Evander remained scholarch for a few more years. Evander himself was succeeded by his pupil Hegesinus.Diogenes Laërtius, ''The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers'', iv. 60; Cicero, ''Academica'', ii. 6. Concerning the opinions and writings of this philosopher nothing is known except that he was an Academic Skeptic.

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*K. Algra, J. Barnes, J. Mansfeld, M. Schofield, (2005), ''The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy''. Pages 32-33. Cambridge University Press. {{Platonists Academic philosophers 3rd-century BC Greek people 2nd-century BC Greek people 2nd-century BC philosophers 3rd-century BC births 160s BC deaths Academic skepticism