Proclus of Laodicea explained
Proclus (el|Πρόκλος) or Proculeius, son of the physician Themison, was a hierophant at Laodiceia in Syria. He wrote, according to the Suda, the following works:[1]
- On the gods (θεολογία)
- On the myth of Pandora in Hesiod (εἰς τὴν παρ' Ἡσιόδῳ τῆς Πανδώρας μῦθον)
- On golden words (εἰς τὰ χρυσᾶ ἔπη)
- On Nicomachus' introduction to number theory (εἰς τὴν Νικομάχου εἰσαγωγὴν τῆς ἀριθμητικῆς)
- some geometrical treatises
He is also mentioned by Damascius in a commentary on Plato.
Although a commentary on the Pythagorean Golden Verses, known through a translation into Arabic (in the El Escorial library as manuscript 888) has sometimes been attributed to this Proclus (following a theory promoted by), this is disputed, and a more widely accepted theory is that the commentary is instead by Proclus Diadochus.[2]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Suda On Line Search. Proclus. Ronald. Allen. 13 November 2021. 2022-04-03. Adler number: pi,2472.
- The Arabic Commentary on the Golden Verses Attributed to Proclus, and Its Neoplatonic Context. Anna. Izdebska. 4–49. Aither. 2019. International Issue No. 6. 22 . 10.5507/aither.2019.005 . 226880237 . free. 21.11116/0000-0007-2DDE-E. free.
