ABSTRACT
Greek literature is often loosely equated with the literature of classical Athens. The courts of Alexanders successors the Antigonids in Macedon, Seleukids in Antioch and above all Ptolemies in Alexandria attracted circles of poets and intellectuals, while similar cteries flourished also at Pergamum under the Attalid dynasty, especially in the second century, and in Sicily. Rhodes and Kos now enter a phase of great cultural vitality, and the record of island achievements at this time is a facet of the wider history of Alexandrian civilization. A younger contemporary of Poseidonios was the Peripatetic philosopher Andronikos, who came originally from Rhodes. Andronikos spent some time in Rome before returning to Athens to lead the Peripatetic establishment there, a position earned through assiduous editorial work on the Aristotelian Corpus. In Rhodes, a contribution was made to the debate by Theodoros of Gadara, who taught Tiberius, later to become the second Roman emperor, during his exile in the island.
