Adrastus of Aphrodisias

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]

Adrastus of Aphrodisias
Bornfl. 2nd century CE
EraAncient philosophy
RegionAncient Roman philosophy
SchoolPeripatetic school
Main interests
Harmonics

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]

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  1. ^ a b Sharples 2010, p. 22.
  2. ^ Simplicius, Commentary on Aristotle's Categories 18.16–21
  3. ^ p. 270, in Harmonica Ptolemaei
  4. ^ Barker 1984.
  5. ^ a b Jowett 1867.
  6. ^ Vossius 1650, p. 345.
  7. ^ Long 1842.
  8. ^ Bryennius, Manuel; Jonker, Goverdus Henricus (1970). Harmonika. 390: Wolters-Noordhoff. Retrieved 23 June 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  9. ^ Richard, Marcel (1952). Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum - I - Fonds Sloane Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe. p. 48. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

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