ZENO of Elea, fl. c. 460 B.C., became a follower of Parmenides the philosopher. He invented the art of Dialectic and was adept at pointing out the paradoxes and contradictions of other philosophical systems. Among his works were Life According to Nature, Of Emotions, Of Rhetoric. With Parmenides, he founded the Eleatic school of philosophy. He died after great torture for refusing to divulge the names of his accomplices in a plot to overthrow tyranny (Diogenes Laertius, IX).

Lady Philosophy reminds Boethius of the torments of Zeno, that good men suffer for their ideas and their principles, Bo I, Prosa 3.55. [Achademycis: Eleaticis: Parmanydes]