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Hierius () was a
Neoplatonist Neoplatonism is a version of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion. The term does not encapsulate a set of ideas as much as a series of thinkers. Among the common id ...
philosopher, a son of
Plutarch of Athens Plutarch of Athens (; c. 350 – 430 AD) was a Greek philosopher and Neoplatonist who taught in Athens at the beginning of the 5th century. He reestablished the Platonic Academy there and became its leader. He wrote commentaries on Aristotle and ...
, and brother of
Asclepigenia Asclepigenia (; Floruit, fl. 430 – 485 AD) was a Neoplatonist philosopher who lived in the 5th century AD who was the daughter of Plutarch of Athens, the founder of the New Academy in Ancient Athens, Athens. She and her brother Hierius studied un ...
, who lived in the early 5th century. Plutarch instructed both Hierius and Asclepigenia in the Neoplatonist philosophies of his school, and after his death they continued his teachings together with their colleague,
Syrianus Syrianus (, ''Syrianos''; died c. 437 A.D.) was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, and head of Plato's Academy in Athens, succeeding his teacher Plutarch of Athens in 431/432 A.D. He is important as the teacher of Proclus, and, like Plutarch an ...
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References

*Schmitz, L., in, Smith, W., ''A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', page 452. London. (1870). *Waithe, M., ''A History of Women Philosophers'', page 201. Springer. (1987). {{AncientGreece-philosopher-stub 5th-century Greek philosophers Neoplatonists in Athens Roman-era Athenian philosophers Late-Roman-era pagans