1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Elis, Philosophical School of

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ELIS, PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOL OF. This school was founded by Phaedo, a pupil of Socrates. It existed for a very short time and was then transferred by Menedemus to Eretria, where it became known as the Eretrian school. Its chief members, beside Phaedo, were Anchipylus, Moscius and Pleistanus (see Phaedo and Menedemus).