Aeneas of Gaza

Aeneas of Gaza
Diedc. 518 A.D.
Notable workTheophrastus
RegionAncient Greek philosophy
SchoolNeo Platonism
InstitutionsRhetorical School of Gaza
Notable studentsProcopius of Gaza
LanguageAncient Greek
Main interests
Theology, Epistemology

Aeneas of Gaza (d. c. 518)[1] was a Neo-Platonic philosopher and a convert to Christianity who flourished towards the end of the fifth century. He is considered part of the Rhetorical School of Gaza, which flourished in Byzantine Palaestina in the fifth and sixth centuries.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Champion, Michael W. (2022). Dorotheus of Gaza and Ascetic Education. Oxford University Press. pp. 16, 103. ISBN 9780198869269. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  2. ^ Webb, Ruth. "Gaza, schools and rhetoric at." In The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press, 2018.
  3. ^ Cribiore, Raffaella. "education and schools, Greek." In The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press, 2018.
  4. ^ Vikan, Gary, Alexander Kazhdan, and Zvi 'Uri Ma῾oz. "Gaza." In The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford University Press, 1991.

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