Ammonius of Athens

Ammonius of Athens

Ammonius of Athens ( _el. Ἀμμώνιος) (sometimes called Ammonius the Peripatetic) was a philosopher who taught in Athens in the 1st century.

He was a teacher of Plutarch, who praises his great learning, [Plutarch, "Symp.", iii. 1.] and introduces him discoursing on religion and sacred rites. [Plutarch, "Symp.", ix. 15.] Plutarch wrote a biography of him which is no longer extant.

From the information supplied by Plutarch, Ammonius was clearly an expert in the works of Aristotle, but he may have nevertheless been a Platonist philosopher rather than a Peripatetic.

He may be the Ammonius of Lamprae (in Attica) quoted by Athenaeus [Athenaeus, "Deipnosophists", xi.] as the author of a book on altars and sacrifices ( _el. Περὶ βωμῶν καὶ Θυσιῶν). Athenaeus also mentions a work on Athenian courtesans ( _el. Περὶ τῶν Ἀθηνσινῆ Ἑταιρίδων) as written by an Ammonius. [Athenaeus, "Deipnosophists", xiii.]

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