A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

was the person to whom Longinus addressed his treatise Περὶ Τέλους, or De Finibus. (Longin. Fr. 5. ed. Weiske.) He was a pupil of Plotinus. (Porphyr. Vit. Plotin. 7.) A daughter of Marcellus studied philosophy, and married Porphyry, the biographer of Plotinus. (Cyril. contr. Julian. p. 209; Eunap. Vit. Sophist. Porphyr)

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