ALCINOUS  , the Platonic philosopher, lived probably in the

time of the Caesars . He was the author of an 'Elrcro z TWv IIkarwvos Soyµarwv, an analysis of Plato's philosophy according to later writers . It is rather in the manner of Aristotle, and freely attributes to Plato any ideas of other philosophers which appeared to contribute to the system . He produced in the end a synthesis of Plato and Aristotle with an admixture of Pythagorean or Oriental mysticism, and is closely allied to the Alexandrian school of thought . He recognized -a God who is unknowable, and a series of beings (Saiµoves) who hold inter-course with men . He recognized also Ideas and Matter, and borrowed largely from Aristotle and the Stoics . The 'Err.ro n has been translated by Pierre Balbi (Rome, 1469) and by Marsilio Ficino; into French by J . I . Combes-Dounous (Paris, 1800), and into English by Thomas Stanley in his History o Philosophy . Editions: Heinsius (Leiden, 163o) ; Fischer Leipzig, 1783) ; in Aldine Edition of Apuleius (Venice, 1521; Paris, 1532) ; Fell (Oxford, 1667) . See Ritter, Geschichte der Philosophie, iv .