Biography:

1. Lived from 335-263 BCE
2. Came to Athens in 313 BCE
3. Founder of the Stoic school around 300 BCE
4. Studied under Crates the Cynic, Antisthenes, Zenocrates, Polemo
5. Began teaching in the 'stoa' or painted porch in the agora in Athens, which is where the name Stoicism derives from

Insights:

1. Founder of the Stoic school of philosophy