dactylic poems such as A’ Phainomena (in 1,140 verses) and N’ The ̄riaka (in
1,370 verses) into iambic meters, all completely lost.
RE 14.1 (1928) 1750, J. Geffcken; GGL §973; BNP 8 (2006) 353 (#1), G. Damschen.
Arnaud Zucker
Marinos (Med.) (70 – 120 CE)
G generously preserves the memory of Marinos (the teacher of Q), who after
the “ancients” (H and H), “in the time of my grandparents,”
revived anatomical study, and gave his whole life to its study, based on dissections of apes
and other animals. His Anatomy comprised 20 books, of which Books 1–2 covered the
homoiomerous parts, 3–4 the tubes and vessels, 5–6 the bones, 7–10 the muscles, 11– 15
internal organs, 16–19 the head, nerves, and he ̄gemo ̄n (Gale ̄n’s On My Own Books 3 is
damaged, leaving the contents of Book 20 unknown). He taught that the glands have two
uses, to stabilize vessels at junctions, and to secrete liquids to moisten and soften parts (On
Seed 2.6.14–21, CMG 5.3.1, pp. 200–202). He wrote commentaries on the H
C, A 7, and E 2 and 7, from which Gale ̄n cites. A,
in Gale ̄n CMLoc 7.2 (13.25 K.), cites his arte ̄riake ̄, composed of saffron, gum, and traga-
canth, boiled in honey.
Marquardt, Müller and Helmreich 2 (1891) 104–108; Grmek and Gourevitch (1994) 1493–1503;
Manetti and Roselli (1994) 1580–1581; Ihm (2002) #170–172; BNP 8 (2006) 357 (#I.2), V. Nutton.
PTK
Marinos of Neapolis (Palestine) (460 – 495 CE)
Studied Neo-Platonic philosophy under P who dedicated to him an essay on a
theme in P’s Republic, the myth of Er (Proklos, In Remp. 2, p. 96.2 K.), and subsequently
became head of the philosophical school at Athens. He is credited with the title Life
of Proklos, a biography containing a discussion of the virtues. He wrote an introduction
and commentary on E’s Data, starting with definitions, following A’s model
in discussing scientific material, on Plato’s Philebus and Parmenides, and on Aristotle (Prior
Analytics, Posterior Analytics, De Anima).
Marinos was considerably influenced by Aristotelian ideas. He emphasized the need for
definitions and analyses of terms. When asking what the data are, he surveyed the relevant
mathematical material in A, D A, and P,
examined complex definitions and disputed the explanation of P. He tried to attach
philosophy to mathematics, with an emphasis on exactness through definitions and consist-
ent use of terms (-D = Elias, Prolegomena: CAG 18.1 [1900] 28.9–29.5). In psychol-
ogy he connected Neo-Platonic theories with Aristotelian ones. The distinction between
six grades of virtue has precedents in P and P. Those possessing lower
grade virtues do not necessarily possess higher virtues, whereas those having higher virtues
retain the lower ones as well. The lowest grade includes good birth and education, followed
by the virtues of character, civic virtues, purificatory virtues – cleansing the soul from bodily
influences – theoretical and, in the end, theurgical virtues, the importance of which is due
to I’ influence.
Ed.: J. Fr. Boissonade, Marini Vita Procli (1814); H. Menge, Euclidis Data cum commentario Marini et scholiis
antiquis (1896); H.D. Saffrey and A.Ph. Segonds, Marinus: Proclus ou Sur la bonheur (CUF 2001).
MARINOS (MED.)