Ammonius of Athens
Template:Short description Ammonius of Athens (Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx), sometimes called Ammonius the Peripatetic, was a philosopher who taught in Athens in the 1st century AD. He was a teacher of Plutarch, who praises his great learning,[1] and introduces him discoursing on religion and sacred rites.[2] Plutarch wrote a biography of him, which is no longer extant, and also mentioned Ammonius master in other works like the De E apud Delphos[3][4] within the collection of treatises known as Moralia. From the information supplied by Plutarch, Ammonius was clearly an expert in the works of Aristotle, but he may have nevertheless been a Platonist philosopher rather than a Peripatetic.
He may be the Ammonius of Lamprae (in Attica) quoted by Athenaeus[5] as the author of a book on altars and sacrifices (Template:Langx). Athenaeus also mentions a work on Athenian courtesans (Template:Langx) as written by an Ammonius.[6]
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