# Heraclides Ponticus — The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers character guide

> Heraclides Ponticus in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Heraclides, Ponticus

**First appearance:** 0052-heraclides

## Who they are

Platonic philosopher and astronomer who proposed a heliocentric model.

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