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Aedesia

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Aedesia (Αἰδεσία) was a female philosopher of the Neoplatonic school who lived in Alexandria in the fifth century AD. [1]

13 relations: Alexandria, Ammonius Hermiae, Athens, Damascius, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Heliodorus of Alexandria, Hermias (philosopher), Hexameter, Neoplatonism, Philosophy, Proclus, Suda, Syrianus.

Alexandria

Alexandria (or; Arabic: الإسكندرية; Egyptian Arabic: إسكندرية; Ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ; Ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ) is the second-largest city in Egypt and a major economic centre, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country.

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Ammonius Hermiae

Ammonius Hermiae (Ἀμμώνιος ὁ Ἑρμείου; AD) was a Greek philosopher, and the son of the Neoplatonist philosophers Hermias and Aedesia.

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Athens

Athens (Αθήνα, Athína; Ἀθῆναι, Athênai) is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Damascius

Damascius (Δαμάσκιος, 458 – after 538), known as "the last of the Neoplatonists," was the last scholarch of the School of Athens.

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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1849, originally published 1844 under a slightly different title) is an encyclopedia/biographical dictionary.

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Heliodorus of Alexandria

Heliodorus of Alexandria (Ἡλιόδωρος) was a Neoplatonist philosopher who lived in the 5th century AD.

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Hermias (philosopher)

Hermias (Ἑρμείας ἐκ Φοινίκης Hermeias ek Phoinikes) was a Neoplatonist philosopher who was born in Alexandria c. 410 AD.

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Hexameter

Hexameter is a metrical line of verses consisting of six feet.

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Neoplatonism

Neoplatonism is a term used to designate a strand of Platonic philosophy that began with Plotinus in the third century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion.

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Philosophy

Philosophy (from Greek φιλοσοφία, philosophia, literally "love of wisdom") is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.

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Proclus

Proclus Lycaeus (8 February 412 – 17 April 485 AD), called the Successor (Greek Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος, Próklos ho Diádokhos), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers (see Damascius).

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Suda

The Suda or Souda (Soûda; Suidae Lexicon) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas (Σουίδας).

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Syrianus

Syrianus (Συριανός, Syrianos; died c. 437) was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, and head of Plato's Academy in Athens, succeeding his teacher Plutarch of Athens in 431/432.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedesia

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