Ammonius(Ἀμμώνιος), son of HERMEAS, studied with his brother Heliodorus at Athens under Proclus
(who died A. D. 484), and was the master of Simplicius, Asclepius
Trallianus, John Philoponus, and Damascius.
Works
Commentaries on Plato and Ptolemy(in Greek) on Plato and Ptolemy are lost, as well as many on Aristotle.
Extant Works
His extant works are:
Commentaries on the Isagoge of Porphyry, or the Five PredicablesEditions
First published at Venice in 1500.
On the Categories of Aristotle, and
De
IntterpretationeEditions
First published at Venice in 1503.
Further Information
See too ap. Alexand. Aphrodis. De Fato, p. 180, 8vo. Lond. 1658. The
above-named Commentaries on Aristotle are also published in the
Scholia in
Aristot. ed. Brandis.
Commentaries on Aristotle's Topics and Metaphysics and the
Methodus construendsdi AstrolabiumIn MS. are his Commentaries on Aristotle's Topics and Metaphysics, and his
Methodus construendsdi Astrolabium.
Further Information
Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. v. p. 707.
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