Ammonius
Ἀμμώνιος
(Ἀμμώνιος), son of HERMEAS, studied with his brother Heliodorus at Athens under Proclus (who died A. D. 484), and was the master of Simplicius, Asclepius Trallianus, John Philoponus, and Damascius.
Works
Commentaries on Plato and Ptolemy
(in Greek) on Plato and Ptolemy are lost, as well as many on Aristotle.
Extant Works
His extant works are:
Commentaries on the Isagoge of Porphyry, or the Five Predicables
Editions
First published at Venice in 1500.
On the Categories of Aristotle, and De Intterpretatione
Editions
First published at Venice in 1503.
Further Information
See too ap. Alexand. Aphrodis. De Fato, p. 180, 8vo. Lond. 1658. The above-named Commentaries on Aristotle are also published in the Scholia in Aristot. ed. Brandis.
Commentaries on Aristotles Topics and Metaphysics and the Methodus construendsdi Astrolabium
In MS. are his Commentaries on Aristotle's Topics and Metaphysics, and his Methodus construendsdi Astrolabium.
Further Information
Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. v. p. 707.
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