title: Hegesinus of Pergamon
text: # Hegesinus of Pergamon
  
  Hegesinus of Pergamon (Greek: Ἡγησίνους, translit. Hēgēsínous), was an Academic Skeptic philosopher from Pergamon. He was the successor of Evander and the immediate predecessor of Carneades as the leader (scholarch) of the Platonic Academy, and served for a period around 160 BC. Nothing else is known about him.
  
  