 Beyond these figures with attested connections to Pyrrho, it is plausible to suppose a certain influence on Pyrrho from Democritus. Pyrrho is reported to have had a special admiration for Democritus (Diogenes Laertius 9.67, citing Pyrrho’s associate Philo); Democritus is one of the few philosophers besides Pyrrho himself who seems to escape serious criticism in Timon’s Lampoons; and Anaxarchus belonged in the tradition of thinkers stemming from Democritus. The influence may have been mainly in the ethical area; Democritus, too, had an ethical ideal that is recognizably a forerunner to Pyrrho’s ataraxia. If one adopts the epistemological interpretation of Pyrrho’s philosophy, one may see an additional area of influence in Democritus’ sceptical pronouncements about the prospects for knowledge of the world around us.