Apollonides
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Apollonides was a Stoic philosopher. He was a friend and companion of Cato the Younger. The sole record of Apollonides is within Plutarch's account of Cato the Younger in Parallel Lives. From this account, there is evidence that after the Battle of Thapsus, Apollonides was present with Cato at Utica. During this time, Cato ordered a young man named Statyllius to leave Utica. When Statyllius refused, Cato appointed Apollonides and Demetrius the Peripatetic to "reduce this man's swollen pride and restore him to conformity with his best interests." When Cato later inquired if Statyllius was sent off, Apollonides responded:
