Adrastus of Aphrodisias ( Greek: Ἄδραστος ὁ Ἀφροδισιεύς; fl. 2nd century) was a Peripatetic philosopher who lived in the first half of the 2nd century AD. ^[1]

He was the author of a treatise on the arrangement of Aristotle's writings and his system of philosophy which was quoted by Simplicius, ^[2] and by Achilles Tatius.^{[ page needed]} Some commentaries of his on the Timaeus of Plato are also quoted by Porphyry, ^[3] which was also used by Theon of Smyrna in the surviving sections of his On Mathematics Useful for the Understanding of Plato. ^{[1] [4]} and a treatise on the Categories of Aristotle by Galen.^{[ page needed] [5]}

None of these works have survived. ^[5] In some medieval manuscripts, a work with the title Harmonica was attributed to Adrastus, however, this was a misattribution of a work by Manuel Bryennios. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Notes

Ancient testimony

• Theon of Smyrna (1979). Mathematics Useful for Understanding Plato. Translated by Toulis, Christos. Wizards Bookshelf. ISBN  978-0-913510-24-7. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
• Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 15.15
• Porphyry, Commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonics
• Simplicius, Commentary on Aristotle's Categories

References

• Barker, Andrew (1984). "Minor authors quoted by Theon and Porphyry". Greek Musical Writings: Volume 2, Harmonic and Acoustic Theory. Cambridge University Press. pp. 209–229. ISBN  978-0-521-61697-3. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
• Long, George (1842), "Adrastus", The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, vol. 1, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, p. 366
•   Jowett, Benjamin (1867). "Adrastus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
• Sharples, R. W. (14 October 2010). Peripatetic Philosophy, 200 BC to AD 200: An Introduction and Collection of Sources in Translation. Cambridge University Press. ISBN  978-1-139-49152-5. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
• Vossius, Gerhard Johann (1650). Gerardi Ioannis Vossii De quatuor artibus popularibus, de philologia, et scientiis mathematicis, cui operi subjungitur, chronologia mathematicorum, libri tres (in Latin). ex typographeio Ioannis Blaeu. p. 345. Retrieved 23 June 2023.