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

6. A philosopher of a later period, the friend of Isidore, of whom Suidas (s. v.) gives a long eulogistic notice, extracted front the Life of Isidore by Damascius, but containing scarcely any facts of general interest. His library is said to have consisted of three volumes, one of which was the Orphic poems.