Barnes, Jonathan, "Diogenes Laertius IX 61–116: the philosophy of Pyrrhonism" in W. Haase and H. Temporini (ed.) Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, II 36.6 (de Gruyter: Berlin/New York, 1992): pp.
Diogenes Laërtius divided the history of the Academy into three: the Old, the Middle, and the New.
Diogenes | Diogenes Laertius | Diogenes Laërtius | Diogenes Club | Diogenes and Alexander | Romanos IV Diogenes | Diogenes Small | Cambarus diogenes |
Although there was never an official "Ephesian School," Diogenes Laërtius (ix. 6) mentions that his philosophy did have followers who called themselves "Heracliteans." Plato portrays Cratylus in his dialogue of the same name as a disciple of Heraclitus.
Diogenes Laertius (ix.61) relates that he was a student of Pyrrho, along with Eurylochus, Timon the Phliasian, Nausiphanes of Teos and others, and includes him among the "Pyrrhoneans".
Diogenes Laertius mentions a work of his wherein he compares Posidonius with Panaetius in arguing from physical principles
The biographical notices, the author avers, are condensed from the Onomatologion or Pinax of Hesychius of Miletus; other sources include the excerpts of Constantine Porphyrogenitus, the chronicle of Georgius Monachus, the biographies of Diogenes Laertius and the works of Athenaeus and Philostratus.