Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Ambra Tocco and published on 02/04/2020. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Aelianus | Αἰλιανός Identity: BNP Place of Origin: ? Date: 1st-2nd c. CE? ↓ To Source List Biography: This musical theorist is known to us solely through Porphyry1, who cites him several times in his Commentary on the Harmonics of Ptolemy2; Porphyry calls him a “Platonist” and credits him with a commentary on the Timaeus. Both Aelianus’ philosophical-musical…

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Michele Corradi and published on 02/04/2020. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Ptolemaeus [9] Platonicus | Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Πλατωνικός Identity: Pauly-Wissowa | BNP Place of Origin: ? Date: 2nd-3rd c. CE? ↓ To Source List Biography: A Platonic philosopher named Ptolemy is mentioned in two texts of the Neoplatonist tradition: in a fragment within the On the Soul of Iamblichus1 (26, p. 54, 1–14 Finamore-Dillon) which is preserved by Stob…

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Martina Savio and published on 7/11/2019. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Phidalius/Philalius | Φιδάλιος/Φιλάλιος Identity: Pauly-Wissowa | BNJ Place of Origin: Corinth Date: 1st/3rd c. CE? ↓ To Source List Biography: This author is known to us from two fragments of the Chronographia of John Malalas1 (5, 18 [87, 80-94 Thurn]; 5, 19 [89, 56-90, 72 Thurn]), who is almost certainly the source of John Tzetzes2, who mentions Phidal…