...however, he seems to have married. For a book is circulated addressed to his wife, Marcella. Although she was already a mother of five children, he states that he married her not to have more children with her, but so that the children his friend had already fathered with her might be raised and educated in the best possible way. He is said to have lived to a very advanced age and passed away original: "commutasse uitam" — literally 'exchanged life', a common euphemism for death in Rome. During this period, there were also those who taught rhetoric the art of public speaking and persuasion in Athens, such as Paulus and Andromachus from Syria. This era extended through the reigns of Galen and Claudius This refers to Emperor Claudius Gothicus (reigned 268–270 AD), as well as Tacitus and Aurelian. During their time, Dexippus also flourished; he was a renowned historian who wrote a chronicle of his times and was a man exceptionally well-versed in all branches of learning and the skills of logic.

HIS LIFE AND A LIST OF HIS WORKS

FROM THE SUIDAS The Suda (historically referred to as the Suidas) is a massive 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia that preserves a wealth of ancient biographical and historical information.

Ornamental woodcut initial 'P' depicting a seated figure, likely a philosopher, in front of a classical building with columns, set within a square border decorated with foliage.
Porphyry, the philosopher from the Phoenician city of Tyre, was called "King" original: "rex" — Porphyry's birth name was Malchus, which means 'king' in Semitic languages in his own native language. He was a disciple of Amelius (who was himself a student of Plotinus), the teacher of Iamblichus, and a student of Longinus the critic. He wrote a vast number of books...