Biography of artemidorus of knidos

He is now best known as a minor character in Shakespeare 's play Julius Caesar where, aware of the plot against Caesar's life, he attempts to warn him with a written note. Although Caesar takes the note he does not look at it before entering the Senate and shortly thereafter is assassinated. The story originates with Plutarch. The name Artemidorus was found on an inscription at Knidos by geologist William Hamilton in the s.

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From the inscription, it appears that Artemidorus was the name of both the father and the son of Theopompus. Hirschfield [ 3 ] argued that Artemidorus was the son and cites a further inscription which is also discussed by C. This Turkish biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk.

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