Adrastus of Aphrodisias
2nd-century Greek philosopher
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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 | |
|---|---|
| Born | fl. 2nd century CE |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Ancient philosophy |
| Region | Ancient Roman philosophy |
| Peripatetic 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.[citation 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.[5][page needed]
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]
