[Revised entry by Christian Wildberg on August 9, 2024.
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Olympiodorus of Alexandria, presumably a late pupil of Ammonius Hermeiou, the commentator on Aristotle and teacher of Simplicius and Philoponus, was one of the last pagans to teach philosophy at the school of Alexandria in the 6th century. He interpreted classical philosophical works in his lectures, mainly texts by Plato and Aristotle; we still possess three of his commentaries on Plato and two on Aristotle. At times, these lectures read like carefully crafted pieces of pedagogy, but at other times, they read more like more or…

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