DAMASCIUS IN ALEXANDRIA (1). SELECTED FRAGMENTS OF HIS “PHILOSOPHICAL HISTORY” Cover Image

ДАМАСКИЙ В АЛЕКСАНДРИИ (1). ИЗБРАННЫЕ ФРАГМЕНТЫ ЕГО «ФИЛОСОФСКОЙ ИСТОРИИ»
DAMASCIUS IN ALEXANDRIA (1). SELECTED FRAGMENTS OF HIS “PHILOSOPHICAL HISTORY”

Author(s): Eugene Afonasin
Subject(s): Greek Literature, Ancient Philosphy
Published by: Новосибирский государственный университет
Keywords: Neoplatonism; Late Antiquity; Hierocles; Hermias; Ammonius; sources of ancient philosophy;

Summary/Abstract: In the paper, I trace the evolution of the Neoplatonic school in Alexandria on the basis of select fragments from Damascius’ “Philosophical History,” translated into Russian for the first time. The fragments concern the Alexandrian intellectual scene of the first part of the fifth century. Damascius vividly presents the major philosophical figures of this period, such as Hierocles, Hermeias and his son Ammonius as well as such peculiar personalities as the philosophers Theosebius and Hierax, the sophists Ammonianus and Theo, and, last not least, Aedesia, wife of Hermeias. The fragments translated range from 46 to 57 Athanassiadi.

  • Issue Year: XV/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 1034-1049
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Russian
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