# Archimedes — Short Works character guide

> Archimedes in Short Works by Epictetus.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-the-enchiridion

## Who they are

Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, cited as an example of focused expertise.

## Relationships

### [Nicias](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/epictetus_short_works_se/characters/nicias)

_professional_

Archimedes and Nicias are historical figures referenced in Stoic discourse, likely as examples of contrasting approaches to knowledge and action.

## In the story

### [LXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/epictetus_short_works_se/chapters/lxxiv)

The subject of the anecdote, depicted as a man of intense intellectual focus, indifferent to bodily care and using his own anointed body as a surface for his diagrams.

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