A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

2. Of Alexandria, the most distinguished among the disciples of Proclus, and the teacher of Damascius, was one of the most zealous champions of Paganism. He wrote a commentary on the Timaeus of Plato, which however is lost. (Olympiod. Meteorolog. 4; Suidas, s. v. Ἀσκληπώδοτος; Damascius, Vit. Isid. ap. Phot. pp. 344, b. 345, b.)