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Headword: *dama/skios
Adler number: delta,39
Translated headword: Damaskios, Damascius
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Stoic philosopher,[1] Syrian,[2] [but] a disciple of Simplicius and Eulalios the Phrygians;[3] he flourished in the time of Justinian. Commentaries on Plato,[4] On First Principles, and Philosophical History were written by him.[5]
Greek Original:
*dama/skios, *stwi+ko\s filo/sofos, *su/ros, *simpliki/ou kai\ *eu)lali/ou tw=n frugw=n o(milhth/s: h)/kmazen e)pi\ tw=n *)ioustinianou= xro/nwn. ge/- graptai au)tw=| u(pomnh/mata ei)s *pla/twna kai\ *peri\ a)rxw=n kai\ *filo/sofos i(stori/a.
Notes:
c.458-after 538.
[1] Rather, the last of the Neo-platonists.
[2] From Damascus, in fact; hence his name (or nickname).
[3] For Simplicius see sigma 448; for Simplicius and Eulalius, pi 2251.
[4] Specifically, on the Parmenides, the Phaedo, and the Philebus.
[5] The Philosophical History, also known as Life of Isidore, is reconstructed from extensive quotations in the Suda and Photius. See bibliography below.
References:
Damaskios, Das Leben des Philosophen Isidoros. Tr. Rudolf Asmus. Leipzig: Felix Meiner, 1911
Damascius, The Philosophical History. Text with translation and notes by Polymnia Athanassiadi. Athens: Apamea Cultural Association, 1999
Damascius, Vitae Isidori reliquiae. Ed. Clemens Zintzen. Hildesheim, Olms, 1967
Keywords: biography; chronology; geography; historiography; philosophy
Translated by: Jason Karnes on 3 May 2002@15:59:51.
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