# Theophrastus (@theophrastus)

Theophrastus was an ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle's colleague and successor at the Lyceum, and an influential writer on plants.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Theophrastus's public record._

## Topics

- [Lyceum](/@theophrastus/lyceum.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Plant studies](/@theophrastus/plants.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Surviving works](/@theophrastus/surviving-works.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/theophrastus/
- blog: https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/theophrastus-father-of-botany
- blog: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/theophrastus-of-eresus/

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "theophrastus", "question": "…"}`.