Proclus, Greek mathematician and philosopher (b. 412)
Proclus Lycius () (410/411/ 7 Feb. or 8 Feb. 412 –17 April 485 AD), also called Proclus the Successor, Proclus the Platonic Successor, or Proclus of Athens (Greek: Προκλος Διαδοχος Próklos Diádochos, or διάδοχος Πλατωνικός), is one of the most influential philosophical commentators of antiquity and is regarded by some scholars as the greatest Neoplatonic philosopher of the 5th century AD. He was a prolific writer of ancient Greek philosophy leaving behind extensive commentaries on Plato, Aristotle, Porphyry and Plotinus, books and treaties on Neoplatonic theology, epigrams and hymns. He set forth one of the most authentic and systematic expositions of Neoplatonism and his works represent the most complete statement of Platonism we possess. Proclus stands at the end of ancient Greek philosophy and at the beginning of Middle Ages philosophy and is hence historically significant as he is a major connection between those two ages of philosophy.The title of Successor (Greek: διάδοχος) was given to the head of the School of Plato in Athens and signified that Proclus was the successor of his predecessor and also the latest successor of continuous Platonic scholarship going back to Plato, the founder of the School of Plato in Athens.