Priscianus, Lydus, active 6th century

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Name (Latin)
Priscianus, Lydus, active 6th century
Other forms of name
Priscian, of Lydia, active 6th century
Priscianus, Lydus, 6th cent
Priscianus, of Lydia, active 6th century
Priskian, von Lydien, active 6th century
Priskianos, Lydos, active 6th century
Date of birth
0500
Date of death
0550
Field of activity
Neoplatonism
Occupation
Philosophers
Associated Language
grc
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 262066509
Wikidata: Q185206
Library of congress: n 2007041361
TAU10: 000199135
Sources of Information
  • Supplementum Aristotelicum, 1976:volume 1, part 2, title page (Prisciani Lydi)
  • PA class schedule(Priscianus, Lydus, 6th cent. A.D.)
  • LC database, June 11, 2007(hdg.: Priscianus, of Lydia)
  • Perkams, M. Selbstbewusstsein in der Spätantike, c2008:page 3 (Priskian von Lydien; author of a commentary on Aristotle formerly attributed to Simplicius of Cilicia)
  • Der neue Pauly(Priskianos Lydos; Neoplatonist from Lydia; active in the 6th century A.D.)
  • Oxford dictionary of Byzantium:page 1720 (under Priscian: the philosopher Priscian of Lydia; not the same as his homonymous contemporary Priscian, the Latin poet and grammarian)
  • Pseudo-Simplicius. On Aristotle on the soul 3.6-13, 2013:page 1 (Priscian of Lydia; belonged to the group of philosophers who went from Athens into exile in Persia after the closure of the Academy in 529)

Wikipedia description:

Priscian of Lydia (or Priscianus; Ancient Greek: Πρισκιανὸς ὁ Λυδός Prīskiānós ho Lȳdós; Latin: Priscianus Lydus; fl. 6th century) was one of the last of the Neoplatonic philosophers. Two works of his have survived.

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