![]() ![]() ![]() Theodorus Meliteniota, in his Prooemium in Astronomiam, mentions commentaries on the Magna Syntaxis of Ptolemy by the philosopher Syrianus. Syrianus also wrote works on The Theology of Orpheus, and On the Harmony of Orpheus, Pythagoras and Plato with the Oracles. We learn from the commentary of Proclus on the Timaeus of Plato that Syrianus also wrote a commentary on the same book. Lectures on Plato's Phaedrus, preserved by Hermias.Īmong the lost works, Syrianus wrote commentaries on Aristotle's De Caelo and De Interpretatione.Commentaries on two rhetorical works by Hermogenes.A Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics.Only a little remains of the writings of Syrianus, the surviving works are: Proclus regarded him with the greatest veneration, and gave directions that at his death he should be buried in the same tomb with Themistius. He is important as the teacher of Proclus and Hermias. We know little of his personal history, but that he came to Athens, and studied with great zeal under Plutarch of Athens, the head of the Neoplatonist school, who regarded him with great admiration and affection, and appointed him as his successor. He was a native of Alexandria, Egypt and the son of Philoxenus. ![]()
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