CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

Chrysippos of Soloi in Cilicia (circa 279-206 B.C.) was one of the most important Stoic philosophers, particularly renowned for his contributions to formal logic. A prolific writer during his life, Chryssipos was well regarded by later Roman philosophers such as Cicero, Seneca and Plutarch, who helped spread his tenants of Stoicism across the Greek and Roman world. Ancient literary sources mentioned the existence of three distinct portraits, although the surviving busts and figures showing a seated Chrysippos stooping forward seem to be derived from a single original (see G.M.A. Richter, The Portraits of the Greeks, pp. 101-108).