Menedemus
2. A Cynic philosopher, or rather fanatic, a disciple of Colotes of Lampsacus. He used to go about garbed as an Erinnys, proclaiming himself a sort of spy from the infernal regions. (D. L. 6.102.) Suidas (s. v. φαίος) relates the same of Menippus, probably by mistake.
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