Charmadas (Greek:Χαρμάδας; alsoCharmides (Χαρμίδης); 168/7 – 103/91 BC)^[1] was aGreekacademic skeptic philosopher and a disciple ofCarneades at theAcademy inAthens. He was famous for his elegant style.^[2] Charmadas introduced the teaching of rhetoric into the Academy and is said to have had many students.^[2] He was a pupil of Carneades for seven years (145–138 BC) and later he led his own school in the Ptolemaion, agymnasium in Athens. He was fromAlexandria^[3] and seems to have lived there, before he went to Athens around 145 BC^[4] He was an excellent rhetorician and famous for his outstanding memory and for his ability to memorize whole books and then recite them.^[5] LikePhilo of Larissa he seems to have pursued a more moderatephilosophical scepticism.^[6]Lucius Licinius Crassus andMarcus Antonius (orator) were his most prominent pupils. Furthermore,Philodemus preserved us the names of other pupils: Diodorus ofAdramyttion, Apollodor of Tarsus, Heliodorus of Mallos, Phanostratus of Tralles and a certain Apollonius.^[7]

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