---
name: Damascius of Damascus
name_greek: Δαμάσκιος ὁ Δαμασκηνός
eul_aid: uyg
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/damascius-of-damascus-uyg"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Atticizing
affiliation: Neoplatonist
works_count: 7
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Damascius of Damascus

*Δαμάσκιος ὁ Δαμασκηνός*

**eul_aid:** `uyg` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/damascius-of-damascus-uyg)

Damascius was a late antique Neoplatonic philosopher and head of the Platonic school. Seven treatises. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Bibl. codd. 181, 242), Life of Isidore](https://eulogikon.org/works/damascius-damascus-life-of-isidore-uyg-aa) — *Βίος Ἰσιδώρου* · `uyg-aa`
- [Commentary on Phaedo (Long)](https://eulogikon.org/works/damascius-damascus-phaedo-uyg-af) — *Περὶ Φαίδωνος* · `uyg-af`
- [Commentary on Phaedo (Short)](https://eulogikon.org/works/damascius-damascus-phaedo-uyg-ag) — *Περὶ Φαίδωνος* · `uyg-ag`
- [Life of Isidore](https://eulogikon.org/works/damascius-damascus-isidore-uyg-ab) — *Βίος Ἰσιδώρου* · `uyg-ab`
- [On Parmenides](https://eulogikon.org/works/damascius-damascus-parmenides-uyg-ac) — *Περὶ Παρμενίδου* · `uyg-ac`
- [On Philebus](https://eulogikon.org/works/damascius-damascus-philebus-uyg-ae) — *Περὶ Φιλήβου* · `uyg-ae`
- [On Principles](https://eulogikon.org/works/damascius-damascus-principles-uyg-ad) — *Περὶ Ἀρχῶν* · `uyg-ad`

## License and provenance

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