# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/xenarchus-of-seleucia
# Generated: 2026-08-16T07:41:38.054Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/xenarchus-of-seleucia"
name: "Xenarchus of Seleucia"
slug: "xenarchus-of-seleucia"
description: "Xenarchus of Seleucia in Cilicia, was a Greek Peripatetic philosopher and grammarian. Xenarchus left home early, and devoted himself to the profession of teaching, first at Alexandria, afterwards at Athens, and last at Rome, where he enjoyed the friendship of Arius, and afterwards of Augustus; and he was still living, in old age and honour, when Strabo wrote. Xenarchus disagreed with Aristotle on many issues. He denied the existence of the aether, composing a treatise entitled Against the Fifth Element. He is also mentioned by Simplicius, by Julian the Apostate, and by Alexander of Aphrodisias."
tagline: "1st century BC Greek Peripatetic philosopher and grammarian"
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gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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deathDate: "18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.983437415150693
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ксенарх Селевкијски"
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    title: "Ξέναρχος της Σελεύκειας"
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    title: "Xenarchus of Seleucia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenarco_de_Seleucia"
    title: "Jenarco de Seleucia"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ksenarkhos Seleukeialainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/X%C3%A9narque_de_S%C3%A9leucie"
    title: "Xénarque de Séleucie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senarco_di_Seleucia"
    title: "Senarco di Seleucia"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump