Damascius
Δαμάσκιος
(Δαμάσκιος).
Works
commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates
The author of a short Greek commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates.
Editions
This was first published by F. R. Dietz in his Scholia in Hippocr. et Gal., Regim, Pruss. 1834, 8vo.
Confusion with Damascius hte Neo-Platonic Philosopher
This Damascius is perhaps the same as the celebrated Neo-Platonic philosopher mentioned above; but the matter is quite uncertain.
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.