# Antipater — Discourses character guide

> Antipater in Discourses by Epictetus.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-i-of-the-things-which-are-in-our-power-and-not-in-our-power

## Who they are

Stoic philosopher, cited for his ethical views.

## In the story

### [In What a Man Ought to Be Exercised Who Has Made Proficiency; and That We Neglect the Chief Things](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_se/chapters/ii-in-what-a-man-ought-to-be-exercised-who-has-made-proficiency-and-that-we-neglect-the-chief-things)

Listed alongside Chrysippus as a philosopher studied for reputation rather than for genuine improvement.

### [Against Those Who Readily Come to the Profession of Sophists](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_se/chapters/xxi-against-those-who-readily-come-to-the-profession-of-sophists)

Mentioned as a philosopher whose vehemence the sophist claims to add to his exposition.

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