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Ammonius, Hermiae

LC control no.n 84001513
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingAmmonius, Hermiae
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Variant(s)Ammonius (Son of Hermias)
Ammōnios, ho Hermeiou
Ammoniĭ, syn Germii︠a︡
Ammonios, d'Hermeias
Ammonius, Hermeae
Ammonius, Hermeiou
Amonios, Ermisis
Ammonius, Hermias
Amūnīyūs ibn Hirmiyās
أمونيوس بن هرمياس
أمونيوس، هرمياس
LocatedAlexandria (Egypt)
Birth date0435~
Death date[0517..0526]
Field of activityNeoplatonism
Profession or occupationPhilosophers
Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found inAristotle. Les attributions (Catégories), 1983: title page (Ammonios d'Hermeias) page 13 (fourth son of Hermeias; studied under Proclus at Athens circa 480; became head of the Alexandrian school near the end of the 5th century)
Webster's new biographical dictionary (Ammonius Hermiae; fl. 550 AD)
Harper's dictionary of classical literature and antiquities (Ammonius; son of Hermias; taught at Alexandria about the beginning of the 6th century)
NUC pre-56 (Ammonius Hermeiou)
Amonios Ermisis tʻxzulebebi kʻartʻul mcerlobaši, 1983: colophon (Ammonii︠a︡ syn Germii︠a︡)
Commentaria in quinque voces Porphyrii, 2002: title page (Ammonius Hermeae) page v-vi (Ammonios; he was the son of the Neoplatonist philosopher Hermeias of Alexandria; he can hardly have been born before 435; a later year of birth around 445 is more likely; he is documented in Alexandria in 502 and probably lived much longer than that)
Madrasat al-Iskandarīyah al-mutaʼakhkhirah wa-atharuhā fī al-trāth al-falsafī al-Islāmī, 2015- : title page (Amūnīyūs ibn Hirmiyās = أمونيوس بن هرمياس) page 4 of cover (Ammonius son of Hermias [in roman])
English Wikipedia, viewed April 22, 2022 (Ammonius Hermiae; Greek: Αμμωνιος ὁ Ερμείου (Ammōnios ho Hermeiou, i.e. Ammonius, son of Hermias); born circa 435; died between 517 and 526; Greek Neoplatonist philosopher from Alexandria during late Antiquity)
Brill's New Paul. Antiquity, 2002: volume 1, column 590 (Ammonius, Son of Hermias; taught in Alexandria in the first quarter of the 6th century)
Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy, viewed online on April 22, 2022 (Ammonius, son of Hermeas (c. AD 440-521)
Not found inOxford classical dictionary; Encyclopedia Americana; Collier's encyclopedia.
Associated languagegrc