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This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Lara Pagani and first published on 12/10/2004.

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The mention of Asclepiades in a survey of Isocrates’¹ students by Plutarch² (Plut. 55, 837c, 8-11) and Photius³ (Phot. Bibl. cod. 260, 486b 36-41) allows a generic dating to the 4^th c. BCE. The existence of a work by Philochorus⁴ (wh…