Asclepius of Tralles (401–501)

Born 401 CE, died 501 CE.

Asclepius of Tralles (Greek: Ἀσκληπιός; died c. 560–570) was a Neoplatonic philosopher and mathematician who was a student of Ammonius Hermiae. Two works of his survive: Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics, books I-VII (In Aristotelis metaphysicorum libros Α - Ζ (1 - 7) commentaria, ed. Michael Hayduck, Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca, VI.2, Berin: Reiner, 1888). Commentary on Nicomachus' Introduction to Arithmetic (Leonardo Tarán, Asclepius of Tralles, Commentary to Nicomachus' Introduction to Arithmetic, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (n.s.), 59: 4. Philadelphia, 1969. Both works seem to be notes on the lectures conducted by Ammonius.

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