Of note here is that while Plotinus ' student Porphyry names Christianity specifically in Porphyry's own works, and Plotinus is to have been a known associate of the Christian Origen, none of Plotinus ' works mention Christ or Christianity.

It is possible that Herodotus borrowed much material from Hecataeus, as stated by Porphyry in a quote recorded by Eusebius.

This distrust extended to the body, including his own ; it is reported by Porphyry that at one point he refused to have his portrait painted, presumably for much the same reasons of dislike.

Porphyry and Iamblichus refer to a biography of Pythagoras by Apollonius, which has not survived ; it is also mentioned in the Suda.

The system used in the west today, dividing instruments into wind, strings, and percussion, is of Greek origin ( in the Hellenistic period, prominent proponents being Nicomachus and Porphyry ).

As far as is known, his writings may be classified into philosophical ( interpretations of Aristotle, Porphyry, and others, translations of Petrus Hispanus and Thomas Aquinas, and defenses of Aristotelianism against the recrudescence of Neoplatonism ) and theological and ecclesiastical ( partly concerning the union and partly defending Christianity against Muslims, Jews, and pagans ), in addition to numerous homilies, hymns, and letters.

It reflects neo-Platonic / Platonic speculation ( which is represented in Porphyry, Libanius, Proclus, and Julian ), as well as Classical cult practice.

Porphyry is a variety of igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz, dispersed in a fine-grained feldspathic matrix or groundmass.

Porphyry deposits are formed when a column of rising magma is cooled in two stages.

The road from the quarry westward to Qena ( Roman Maximianopolis ) on the Nile, which Ptolemy put on his second-century map, was described first by Strabo, and it is to this day known as the Via Porphyrites, the Porphyry Road, its track marked by the hydreumata, or watering wells that made it viable in this utterly dry landscape.

This is also supported by Porphyry.

The Six Enneads, sometimes abbreviated to The Enneads or Enneads (), is the collection of writings of Plotinus, edited and compiled by his student Porphyry ( c. 270 AD ).

The lithology of this Porphyry ( geology ) | porphyritic basalt is characterized by olivine and augite phenocrysts.

It is in this treatise that Aristotle mentions the Predicables, later discussed by Porphyry and the scholastic logicians.

The great pagan antagonist of the 3rd century was the neo-Platonic philosopher, Porphyry ; but under Constantine his disciple Iamblichus was the chief restorer and defender of the old gods, and his system of defence is that which we find made the official religion by Julian ( 361 – 3 ).

He defends the Old Testament against the school of Porphyry, and when he declares it to be interpolated, he is using Porphyry's own higher criticism.

It was with Porphyry that he is known to have had a disagreement over the practice of theurgy, the criticisms of which Iamblichus responds to in his attributed De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum ( On the Egyptian Mysteries ).

Porphyry wrote a letter criticizing Iamblicus ' ideas of theurgy, and it is to this letter that On the Egyptian Mysteries was written in response.

A considerable fragment of his On the Chief End is preserved by Porphyry.

Porphyry is best known for his contributions to philosophy.

Much of Iamblichus ' mysteries is dedicated to the defense of mystic theurgic divine possession against the critiques of Porphyry.

Porphyry of Gaza is known to us only from the vivid biography by Mark the Deacon.

" ( 2001: 56 ) But he acknowledges that Porphyry is otherwise undocumented in the historical record, and that the text contains the " usual stereotypes " of hagiography documented by Hippolyte Delehaye.

" In addition to the Judeo-Roman or Judeo-Hellenic historians Artapanus, Eupolemus, Josephus, and Philo, a few non-Jewish historians including Hecataeus of Abdera ( quoted by Diodorus Siculus ), Alexander Polyhistor, Manetho, Apion, Chaeremon of Alexandria, Tacitus and Porphyry also make reference to him.

Writers in the 200's such as Hippolytus, Porphyry, and the anonymous author of De Rebaptismate also used the " Longer Ending.

Disjunct native populations also occur over away in Lake Superior on Isle Royale and Passage Island, Michigan and Porphyry Island and Slate Island, Ontario.

Eusebius also quotes the neo-Platonist writer Porphyry as stating that Sanchuniathon of Berytus ( Beirut ) wrote the truest history about the Jews because he obtained records from " Hierombalus " (" Jerubbaal "?

The elaborate discussion of ancient history, the ridicule cast on the mythology of the Greeks, and the philosophical explanations of a higher meaning are also against Porphyry.

This was also the area where Iamblichus differed from his former master, Porphyry, who believed mental contemplation alone could bring salvation.

Porphyry was also opposed to the theurgy of his disciple Iamblichus.

Porphyry also wrote widely on astrology, religion, philosophy, and musical theory.

Albert's work in logic also shows strong influence by William of Ockham, whose commentaries on the logica vetus ( on Porphyry, and Aristotle's Categoriae and De interpretatione ) were made the subject of a series of works called Quaestiones by Albert.

From Porphyry, who also states that Aspasius wrote commentaries on Plato, we learn that his commentaries on Aristotle were used in the school of Plotinus.

Modern researchers of the Samos island consider that her house was in the cave of Panagia Spiliani monastery which probably is also the cavern of Pythagoras, according to the testimonies of the neoplatonic philosopher Porphyry.

Porphyry may also have been present at this meeting.

As far as the report of the Astraios in which he reflects also what he had heard of a woman named Philotis about Pythagoras and his teachings, which is possibly what is being reported, citing Diogenes of Porphyry about the life of Pythagoras.

The vita of Porphyry of Gaza, mentions the great god of Gaza, known as Marnas ( Aramaic Marnā the " Lord "), who was regarded as the god of rain and grain and invoked against famine.

Collectively, these type of deposits are known as Porphyry copper deposits.

In addition, the ancient Greek philosopher, Porphyry ( AD 233 to C. 304 ) wrote of the priestesses of Demeter, known as Melissae (" bees "), who were initiates of the chthonian goddess.

Whether or not Porphyry was the pagan philosopher opponent in Lactantius ' Divine Institutes, written at the time of the persecutions, has long been discussed.

By the third century criticism of Christianity had mounted, partly as a defense against it, and the 15 volume Adversus Christianos by Porphyry was written as a comprehensive attack on Christianity, in part building on the pre-Christian concepts of Plotinus.

) a voluminous work against Porphyry, the Neoplatonist who had published a book against Christianity ; a treatise on the Pythonissa directed against Origen, commentaries on Genesis and the Canticle of Canticles.

Plotinus ' disciple, Porphyry, followed by Iamblichus, developed the system in conscious opposition to Christianity.

Porphyry was somewhat restrained in his criticism of Christianity, at least in his early works, On the Return of the Soul and Philosophy from Oracles.

In the work, Porphyry expressed his shock at the rapid expansion of Christianity.