# Archedemus — Discourses character guide

> Archedemus 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 logical works.

## In the story

### [Against a Person Who Had Once Been Detected in Adultery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_se/chapters/iv-against-a-person-who-had-once-been-detected-in-adultery)

Mentioned as a philosopher whose works the adulterer claims to understand, yet still acts faithlessly.

### [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)

Referenced as a philosopher whose works are read by those who are proud of their learning but remain disturbed by trivial things.

### [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 alongside Antipater as a philosopher whose style the sophist claims to emulate.

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