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Mnesistratus

2. A native of Thasos, a disciple of Plato. (D. L. 3.47.)

There was a sect of philosophers called Mnesistrateans, but who their founder was is not known. (Athen. 7.279.)

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.