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Greek peripatetic philosopher, and a prolific commentator on See also:Aristotle. He flourished probably towards the See also:close of the 1st See also:century A.D., or perhaps during the reign of See also:Antoninus See also:Pius. His commentaries on the Categories, De See also:Interpretation, De Sensu, and other See also:works ,of Aristotle are frequently referred to by later writers, but have not come down to us. Commentaries on See also:Plato, mentioned by See also:Porphyry in his See also:life of See also:Plotinus, have also been lost. Commentaries on books 1-4, 7 (in See also:part), and 8 of the Nicomachean See also:Ethics are preserved; that on See also:book 8 was printed with those of Eustratius and others by Aldus See also:Manutius at See also:Venice in 1536. They were partly (2-4) translated into Latin by Felicianus in 1541, and have frequently been republished, but their authenticity has been disputed. The most See also:recent .edition is by G. Heylbut in Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca, xix. 1 (See also:Berlin, 1889). Another AsPAS1us, in the 3rd century A.D., was a See also:Roman sophist and rhetorician, son or See also:pupil of the rhetorician Demetrianus. He taught See also:rhetoric in See also:Rome, and filled the See also:chair of rhetoric founded by See also:Vespasian. He was secretary to the See also:emperor Maximin.

His orations, which are praised for their See also:

style, are lost.

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