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Adrastus of Aphrodisias | |
|---|---|
| Born | fl. 2nd century CE |
| Era | Ancient philosophy |
| Region | Ancient Roman philosophy |
| School | Peripatetic school |
Main interests | Harmonics |
Adrastus of Aphrodisias (Greek: Ἄδραστος ὁ Ἀφροδισιεύς; fl. 2nd century) was a Peripatetic philosopher who lived in the first half of the 2nd century AD.[1]
He was the author of a treatise on the arrangement of Aristotle's writings and his system of philosophy which was quoted by Simplicius,[2] and by Achilles Tatius.[page needed] Some commentaries of his on the Timaeus of Plato are also quoted by Porphyry,[3] which was also used by Theon of Smyrna in the surviving sections of his On Mathematics Useful for the Understanding of Plato.[1][4] and a treatise on the Categories of Aristotle by Galen.[page needed][5]
None of these works have survived.[5] In some medieval manuscripts, a work with the title Harmonica was attributed to Adrastus, however, this was a misattribution of a work by Manuel Bryennios.[6][7] [8][9]
- ^ a b Sharples 2010, p. 22.
- ^ Simplicius, Commentary on Aristotle's Categories 18.16–21
- ^ p. 270, in Harmonica Ptolemaei
- ^ Barker 1984.
- ^ a b Jowett 1867.
- ^ Vossius 1650, p. 345.
- ^ Long 1842.
- ^ Bryennius, Manuel; Jonker, Goverdus Henricus (1970). Harmonika. 390: Wolters-Noordhoff. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Richard, Marcel (1952). Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum - I - Fonds Sloane Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe. p. 48. Retrieved 23 June 2023.