Olympiodorus the Elder
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Olympiodorus the Elder
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Olympiodorus the Elder was a 5th-century AD Neoplatonist who taught in Alexandria, then part of the Byzantine Empire. He is most famous for being the teacher of the important Neoplatonist Proclus (412–485), whom Olympiodorus wanted his own daughter to marry. He is not to be confused with Olympiodorus the Deacon, an Alexandrian writer of Bible commentaries. He lectured on Aristotle with considerable success. Owing to the rapidity of his utterance and the difficulty of the subjects on which he tre
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