Marinus of Neapolis
5th century Neoplatonist philosopher
b. c. 440 · d. c. 500
Marinus was a Byzantine Neoplatonic philosopher, mathematician and rhetorician born in Flavia Neapolis, Palaestina Secunda. He was a student of Proclus in Athens. His surviving works are an introduction to Euclid's Data; a Life of Proclus, and two astronomical texts.
Related people
- Proclus disciple of · traditional
- Damascius teacher of · traditional
- Isidore of Alexandria teacher of · traditional
Works
- Life of Proclus 5th century
- Life of Proclus (verse)
Places
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.