5th-century Byzantine writers

Hypatia (born 350–370 – March 415 AD) was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, at that time in the province of Egypt and a major city of the Roman Empire. In Alexandria, Hypatia was a prominent thinker who taught subjects including philosophy and astronomy, and in her lifetime was renowned as a great teacher and a wise counselor. Not the only fourth century Alexandrian female mathematician, Hypatia was preceded by Pandrosion. However, Hypatia is the first female mathematician whose life is reasonably well recorded. She wrote a commentary on Di

Church Father, Archbishop of Constantinople and Christian saint (c. 347–407)

Patriarchate of Alexandria from 412 to 444

Proclus Lycius (; 8 February 412 – 17 April 485), called Proclus the Successor (, ), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers of late antiquity. He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of Neoplatonism and, through later interpreters and translators, exerted an influence on Byzantine philosophy, early Islamic philosophy, scholastic philosophy, and German idealism, especially G. W. F. Hegel, who called Proclus's Platonic Theology "the true turning point or transition from ancient to modern times, from ancient philosophy to

Nonnus of Panopolis (, Nónnos ho Panopolítēs, 5th century AD) was the most notable Greek epic poet of the Imperial Roman era. He was a native of Panopolis (Akhmim) in the Egyptian Thebaid and probably lived in the 5th century AD. He is known as the composer of the Dionysiaca, an epic tale of the god Dionysus, and of the Metabole, a paraphrase of the Gospel of John. The epic Dionysiaca describes the life of Dionysus, his expedition to India, and his triumphant return. It was written in Homeric Greek and in dactylic hexameter, and it consists of 48 books at 20,426 lines.

Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, usually referred to as Macrobius (fl. AD 400), was a Roman provincial who lived during the early fifth century, during late antiquity, the period of time corresponding to the Later Roman Empire, and when Latin was as widespread as Greek among the elite. He is primarily known for his writings, which include the widely copied and read Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis ("Commentary on the Dream of Scipio") about Somnium Scipionis, which was one of the most important sources for Neoplatonism in the Latin West during the Middle Ages; the Saturnalia, a compendium of an

Christian monk and theologian

ancient Greek scientist and architect

Greek Eastern Roman Empress by marriage to Byzantine emperor Theodosius II (c.401-460)

right|thumb|Page one of the Florilegium of Stobaeus, from the 1536 edition by Vettore Trincavelli. Joannes Stobaeus (; ; 5th-century AD), from Stobi in Macedonia, was the compiler of a valuable series of extracts from Greek authors. The work was originally divided into two volumes containing two books each. The two volumes became separated in the manuscript tradition, and the first volume became known as the Extracts (also Eclogues) and the second volume became known as the Anthology (also Florilegium). Modern editions now refer to both volumes as the Anthology. The Anthology contains extracts

christian theologian

5th/6th century Greek philologist and lexicographer

5th-century Greek philosopher

early 6th-century Byzantine physician

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 and Proclus, as a commentator on Plato and Aristotle. His best-known extant work is a commentary on the Metaphysics of Aristotle. He is said to have written also on the De Caelo and the De Interpretatione of Aristotle and on Plato's Timaeus.

Greek philosopher (c. 350 – 430 AD)

Galatian bishop

5th–6th century Bishop of Mytilene

5th-century Greek philosopher and writer

bishop of Iconium

Shenoute of Atripe, also known as Shenoute the Great or Saint Shenoute the Archimandrite (Coptic: ), was the abbot of the White Monastery in Egypt. He is considered a saint by the Oriental Orthodox Churches and is one of the most renowned saints of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Greek philosopher

philosopher

5th century Christian saint

Aristaenetus () was an ancient Greek epistolographer who flourished in the 5th or 6th century. Under his name, two books of love stories, in the form of letters, are extant; the subjects are borrowed from the erotic elegies of such Alexandrian writers as Callimachus, and the language is a patchwork of phrases from Plato, Lucian, Alciphron and others.

Bishop of Edessa

5th century Neoplatonist philosopher

5th and 6th-century Neo-Platonic and Christian philosopher

Byzantine bishop and saint

thumb|325x325px|Ruins in Edessa, the famous [[Syriac Christian school]] Rabbula (; romanized ''Rabūlā d'Urhāy'') was a bishop of Edessa from 411/2 to August 435/6 AD, noteworthy for his opposition to the views of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Nestorius. However, his successor Ibas, who was in charge of the school of Edessa, reversed the official stance of that bishopric. Rabbula is not to be confused with the otherwise unknown scribe of the 6th century Rabbula Gospels. He is venerated as a saint by the Oriental Orthodox Church (feast on August 7/8 according to the Syriac Orthodox Church), with po

Christian theologian, saint, and ascetic writer

Christodorus (), a Greek epic poet from Coptos in Egypt, flourished during the reign of Anastasius I (491–518). His father was named Paniskos (Πανίσκος).

ancient Greek mathematician

Roman philosopher

bishop of Amasea

Bishop of Jerusalem from 387 to 417

monk and chronographer

Egyptian politician (400-470)

5th century Christian historian

ancient Roman Jewish physician

bishop of Gabala

Palestinian monk and abbot

ancient Greek rhetor

ecclesiastical writer

ancient Egyptian astrologer

6th century Greek author of a book on animals

Egyptian grammarian

5th-century bishop of Tyana