Damascius

Damascius (; ; 462 Commentary on Plato's Philebus. Also erroneously ascribed to Olympiodorus. are perhaps parts of his commentaries on Aristotle's writings. Life of Isidore. Damascius's biography of his teacher Isidore (perhaps a part of the Philosophos Historia attributed to Damascius by the Suda), of which Photius preserved a considerable fragment. It is considered the source containing most details about the life of Ammonius Hermiae, and is also a primary source for the life of Hypatia. Incorporating material from both the Suda and Photius, a reconstructed text was translated into English by Polymnia Athanassiadi and published in 1999 as Damascius. The Philosophical History. Logoi Paradoxoi, in four books, of which Photius gives an account and specifies the respective titles of the books.

Damascius and the Corpus Dionysiacum Starting from an article published in 2006, Byzantine philologist Carlo Maria Mazzucchi has argued that Damascius was the author of the Pseudo-Dionysian corpus, the "last counter-offensive of Paganism" (l'ultima controffensiva del paganesimo). Mazzucchi's theory, which faced some criticism, was later improved with more arguments.