List of ancient Platonists


Platonists are followers of Platonism, the philosophy of Plato. Platonism can be said to have begun when Plato founded his academy c. 385 BC. Ancient Platonism went on to last until the end of the last remaining pagan school of Platonism in Alexandria which was brought on by the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 641, over a thousand years after the opening of the first Platonic school. Platonism had an immense impact on the intellectual life of the ancient world eventually becoming the dominant philosophy of late antiquity.
NamePeriodSchool
Aedesiafl. 5th centuryNeoplatonist
Aedesiusdied 355Neoplatonist
Aeneas of Gazafl. 5th century / died c. 518Neoplatonist
Aeschines of Neapolisfl. c. 110 BCNew Academy
Agapiusfl. 5th – 6th centuryNeoplatonist
Albinusfl. c. 150Middle Platonist
Alcinousfl. c. 2nd centuryMiddle Platonist
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobiusfl. 395 – 423Neoplatonist
Ameliusfl. c. 250 – 300Neoplatonist
Ammonius Hermiaec. 440 – c. 520Neoplatonist
Ammonius of Athensfl. 1st centuryMiddle Platonist
Ammonius Saccasfl. 3rd centuryNeoplatonist
Antiochus of Ascalonc. 130 BC – 68/67 BCMiddle Platonist
Antoninusfl. 4th centuryNeoplatonist
Apuleiusc. 125 – c. 180Middle Platonist
Arcesilausc. 316 BC – c. 241 BCMiddle Academy
Aristonymusfl. 4th century BCAcademy
Asclepigeniafl. 430Neoplatonist
Asclepiodotus of Alexandriafl. c. 550-600Neoplatonist
Atticusfl. c. 175Middle Platonist
Augustine of Hippo354 – 430 ADNeoplatonist
Axiothea of Phliusfl. 4th century BCAcademy
Boethiusc. 477–524 ADNeoplatonist
Calippus of Syracusedied 351/0 BCAcademy
Carneades of Carneac. 214 BC – 129/8 BCNew Academy
Cassius Longinusc. 213–273Middle Platonist
Charmadas164 BC – c. 95 BCNew Academy
Chaeron of Pellenefl. 4th century BCAcademy
Chrysanthius of Sardisfl. 4th centuryNeoplatonist
Clement of Alexandriac. 150 – c. 215Middle Platonist
Clitomachus187 BC109 BCNew Academy
Coriscus of Scepsisfl. 4th century BCAcademy
Crantorborn c. 350 BCAcademy
Crates of Athensdied 268–265 BCAcademy
Damasciusborn c. 458, died after 538Neoplatonist
Demetrius of Amphipolisfl. 4th century BCAcademy
Dexippusfl. 350Neoplatonist
Dio of Alexandriafl. 1st century BCNew Academy
Diocles of Cnidusfl. 3rd or 2nd century BC?Middle Academy
Diodorus of Adramyttiumfl. 1st century BCNew Academy
Domninus of Larissac. 420 – c. 480Neoplatonist
Erastus of Scepsisfl. 4th century BCAcademy
Euaeon of Lampsacusfl. 4th century BCAcademy
Eudoxus of Cnidus410/408 BC – 355/347 BCAcademy
Eusebius of Myndusfl. 4th centuryNeoplatonist
Eustathius of Cappadociac. 400Neoplatonist
Evanderfl. c. 215 – c. 205Middle Academy
Gaius the Platonistfl. 2nd centuryMiddle Platonist
Hagnon of Tarsusfl. 2nd century BCNew Academy
Hegesinus of Pergamonfl. c. 160 BCMiddle Academy
Hegiasfl. c. 500Neoplatonist
Heliodorus of Alexandriafl. 5th centuryNeoplatonist
Heraclides of Aenusfl. 4th centuryAcademy
Heraclides Ponticus387 BC312 BCAcademy
Hermiasborn c. 410 – died c. 450Neoplatonist
Hermodorus of Syracusefl. 4th century BCAcademy
Hestiaeus of Perinthusfl. 4th century BCAcademy
Hieriusfl c. 500Neoplatonist
Hierocles of Alexandriafl. c. 430Neoplatonist
Hypatia of Alexandriaborn 350-370 – 415Neoplatonist
Iamblichus Chalcidensisc. 245 – c. 325Neoplatonist
Isidore of Alexandriafl. c. 475Neoplatonist
Lacydes of Cyrenebefore 241 – c. 205 BCMiddle Academy
Lastheneia of Mantineafl. 4th century BCAcademy
Marinus of Neapolisborn c. 450Neoplatonist
Maximus of Ephesusdied 372Neoplatonist
Maximus of Tyrefl. 2nd centuryMiddle Platonist
Menedemus of Pyrrhafl. c. 350 BCAcademy
Metrodorus of Stratoniceafl. 2nd century BCNew Academy
Numenius of Apameafl. c. 275Middle Platonist
Nymphidianus of Smyrnafl. c. 360Neoplatonist
Olympiodorus the Youngerc. 495 – 570Neoplatonist
Onasanderfl. 1st centuryMiddle Platonist
Origenc. 184 – c. 253Neoplatonist
Origen the Paganfl. c. 250Middle Platonist
Philip of Opusfl. 4th century BCAcademy
Philo of Alexandria20 BC50 ADMiddle Platonist
Philo of Larissa159/158 BC – 84/83 BCNew Academy
Plato428/427 BC – 348/347 BCAcademy
Plotinusc. 204 – 270Neoplatonist
Plutarchc. 46 – 120Middle Platonist
Plutarch of Athensc. 350 – 430Neoplatonist
Polemonbefore 314 BC – 270/269 BCAcademy
Porphyry of Tyre234 – c. 305Neoplatonist
Priscian of Lydiafl. c. 550Neoplatonist
Priscus of Epirusc. 305 – c. 395Neoplatonist
Proclus Lycaeus412 – 485Neoplatonist
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagitefl. 500Neoplatonist
Python of Aenusfl. 4th century BCAcademy
Simplicius of Ciliciac. 490 – c. 560Neoplatonist
Sopater of Apameadied before 337Neoplatonist
Sosipatra of Ephesusfl. c. 325Neoplatonist
Speusippusc. 407 BC339 BCAcademy
Synesiusc. 373 – c. 414Neoplatonist
Syrianusdied c. 437Neoplatonist
Telecles of Phocisdied 167/1666 BCMiddle Academy
Theodorus of Asinefl. 3rd centuryNeoplatonist
Timaeus the Sophistfl. between 1st and 4th centuriesMiddle Platonist
Timolaus of Cyzicusfl. 4th century BCAcademy
Xenocrates of Chalcedonc. 396 BC – 314 BCAcademy
Zenodotusfl. c. 475Neoplatonist