Chrestomathy
Athens
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Proclus the Grammarian
Proclus the Grammarian
c. 410 CE · Athens
5th-c. grammarian, compiler of the Chrestomathy (a literary handbook); distinct from Proclus the Neoplatonist.
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The intellectual capital of the Greek world, where Socrates questioned in the agora and four great schools—Plato's Academy, Aristotle's Lyceum, the Stoa, and Epicurus' Garden—took root within a single square mile.
In Athens at the same time
Plutarch of Athens, Syrianus, Proclus, Marinus, 5th century, Damascius, Simplicius
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Plutarch of Athens, Syrianus, Proclus, Marinus, 5th century, Damascius, Simplicius
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