Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.36.1, pp. 493-526
 
Ammonius Saccas
by Frederic M. Schroeder, Kingston, Canada

Contents

I. Introduction

493

II. Ammonius and Origen

494

III. Ammonius and Hierocles

509

IV. Ammonius and Nemesius of Emesa

512

V. The evidence of the Platonist Origen

517

VI. Ammonius and Porphyry's 'Life of Plotinus'

517

VII. The surname 'Saccas' and some other details not in the principal sources

520

VIII. Conclusions

521
Bibliography 522
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