Asclepius of Tralles ( el, ; died c. 560–570) was a student of

Ammonius Hermiae Ammonius Hermiae (; grc-gre, Ἀμμώνιος ὁ Ἑρμείου, Ammōnios ho Hermeiou, Ammonius, son of Hermias; – between 517 and 526) was a Greek philosopher from Alexandria in the eastern Roman empire during Late Antiquity. A Neoplatonis ...

. Two works of his survive: *Commentary on

Aristotle Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of ph ...

's ''Metaphysics'', books I-VII (''In Aristotelis metaphysicorum libros Α - Ζ (1 - 7) commentaria'', ed. Michael Hayduck, Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca, VI.2, Berin: Reiner, 1888). *Commentary on

Nicomachus Nicomachus of Gerasa ( grc-gre, Νικόμαχος; c. 60 – c. 120 AD) was an important ancient mathematician and music theorist, best known for his works ''Introduction to Arithmetic'' and ''Manual of Harmonics'' in Greek. He was born in ...

' ''

Introduction to Arithmetic The book ''Introduction to Arithmetic'' ( grc-gre, Ἀριθμητικὴ εἰσαγωγή, ''Arithmetike eisagoge'') is the only extant work on mathematics by Nicomachus (60–120 AD). Summary The work contains both philosophical prose an ...

'' (Leonardo Tarán, ''Asclepius of Tralles, Commentary to Nicomachus' Introduction to Arithmetic'', Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (n.s.), 59: 4. Philadelphia, 1969. Both works seem to be notes on the lectures conducted by Ammonius. Asclepius Trallianus – In Aristotelis Metaphysicorum libros, 1576 – BEIC 11363053.jpg, ''In Aristotelis Metaphysicorum libros'', 1576 (commentary on

's ''Metaphysics'')

References

* Martindale, John Robert, ''The Prosopography of the later Roman Empire'', Cambridge University Press, 1994, vol. 3, pp. 135–136. 6th-century philosophers Byzantine philosophers Commentators on Aristotle 6th-century deaths Ancient Greek mathematicians Year of birth uncertain People from Tralles 6th-century Byzantine scientists 6th-century mathematicians {{greece-mathematician-stub