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Alexandrian

Alexandria · 5th-7th c.

Hierocles of Alexandria

Alexandrian Neoplatonist whose commentary on the Pythagorean Golden Verses survives.

Ammonius Hermiae

Head of the Alexandrian school; his lecture commentaries on Aristotle's logic are foundational for the tradition.

Olympiodorus the Younger

Last pagan head of the Alexandrian school, lecturing on Plato under Christian rule.

John Philoponus

Christian Aristotelian commentator whose polemic against Proclus on the eternity of the world is a direct refutation witness.

David the Invincible

Alexandrian commentator on Porphyry's Isagoge and Aristotle's Categories.

Elias

Alexandrian commentator on Porphyry and Aristotle, closely associated with David.

Stephanus of Alexandria

Late Alexandrian commentator, later teaching in Constantinople.