SYRIANUS  , a

Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, and head of the school at Athens in succession to Plutarch . He is important as the teacher of Proclus, and, like Plutarch and Proclus, as a commentator on Plato and Aristotle . His best-known extant work is a commentary on the Metaphysics of Aristotle . He is said to have written also on the De coelo and the De inter pretatione of Aristotle and on Plato's Tirnaeus . A treatise on the Staseis of Hermogenes was published under his name by Walz in 1833 . His views were identical with those of Proclus, who regarded him with great affection and left orders that he should be buried in the same tomb .