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This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Marco Ercoles and published on 04/04/2019.

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Biography:

A native of Chios, Nessas was a student of Democritus¹ and the teacher of Metrodorus of Chios² The name is attested also with the variant Νέσσος (Porph. ad Il. 9, 378, Sch. vet. Hes. Op. 77c Pertusi), but the form Νεσσᾶς, used by Diogenes Laertius³ (9, 58) …