---
name: Chamaeleon of Heraclea Pontica
name_greek: Χαμαιλέων ὁ Ἡρακλεώτης
eul_aid: gww
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/chamaeleon-of-heraclea-pontica-gww"
period: Classical
dialect: "Attic (phi, frg)"
affiliation: Peripatetic
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Chamaeleon of Heraclea Pontica

*Χαμαιλέων ὁ Ἡρακλεώτης*

**eul_aid:** `gww` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/chamaeleon-of-heraclea-pontica-gww)

Chamaeleon was a Peripatetic philosopher from the late 4th century BCE. Two fragmentary treatises survive. Free to download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments on Music and Maxims](https://eulogikon.org/works/chamaeleon-heraclea-music-maxims-gww-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Μουσικῆς καὶ Γνωμῶν* · `gww-aa`
- [Fragments on Poetic Criticism](https://eulogikon.org/works/chamaeleon-heraclea-poetic-criticism-gww-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ποητικῆς Κρίσεως* · `gww-ab`

## License and provenance

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