Damascius

Damascius
Damascius
Δαμάσκιος
Born	462; Damascus
Died	538; Alexandria
Nationality	Byzantine Empire ; Sasanian Empire
Years active	458-533

Damascius (/dəˈmæʃəs/; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Δαμάσκιος, c. 462^[1] – after 538), known as "the last of the Athenian Neoplatonists", was the last scholarch of the neoplatonic Athenian school. He was one of the neoplatonic philosophers who left Athens after laws confirmed by emperor Justinian I forced the closure of the Athenian school in c. 529 AD. After he left Athens, he may have sought refuge in the court of the Persian King Chrosroes, before being allowed back into the Byzantine Empire. His surviving works consist of three commentaries on the works of Plato, and a metaphysical text entitled Difficulties and Solutions of First Principles.

^ ^a ^b Westerink, L. G. (2009). The Greek Commentaries on Plato's Phaedo, Volume II: Damascius (Revised Second ed.). Wiltshire, UK: The Prometheus Trust. p. 7. ISBN 978 1 898910 47 3.

[lgw-1] Westerink, L. G. (2009). The Greek Commentaries on Plato's Phaedo, Volume II: Damascius (Revised Second ed.). Wiltshire, UK: The Prometheus Trust. p. 7. ISBN 978 1 898910 47 3.

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Damascius
Δαμάσκιος
Born	462^[1] Damascus
Died	538 Alexandria
Nationality	Byzantine Empire Sasanian Empire
Years active	458-533