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By c. 350, the number of Phoenician expatriates living in Athens had increased so much that Xenophon could plausibly represent them as a distinct multilingual and acculturated community (Ways and Means , 2.3–6). A situation which is also attested in the Athenian decrees honouring a group of Sidonian merchants in 367 (IG II–III 2 141) and a group of Kition merchants in 333 ( IG II–III 2 337). This community included simple brokers like Pythod o ros who was active in Athens in around 394 (Isocrates, 17.4), great money lenders such as Therod#8254;oros (Demosthenes, 34.6), and renowned personalities like Zeno of Kition who founded the Stoic school of philosophy in 301 (Diogenes Laertius, Xeno, 16; 38).