c. 580–640 CE · philosopher · astronomer
Stephanus of Alexandria
Στέφανος
Known · AttestedWorked in Alexandria.
In Alexandria: c. 590–615 CE
Lectured on Plato and Aristotle in Alexandria and moved to Constantinople under the emperor Heraclius in the 610s. Lectures on alchemy go under his name; the attribution is disputed.
Our device: Their emblem is a table of the stars. No portrait of any of these people survives. The emblems are our devices.
On the shelves
- Attributed to Stephanus of Alexandria, On the Great and Sacred Art of Making Gold · early 7th century CE (dedicated to Emperor Heraclius) · Survives whole
Moments
- c. 430–610s CE · The late schools teach Plato and Aristotle Known: attested
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Sources
- E. J. Watts, City and School in Late Antique Athens and Alexandria (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006)