Aene'as
（
*Ai)nei/as) GAZAEUS, so called from his birth-place, flourished A. D. 487.
He was at first a Platonist and a Sophist, being a disciple of the philosopher Hieroeles (as appears from his
Theophrastus, Galland. p. 629) and a friend of Procopius (as we know from his Epistles). His date thus ascertained is confirmed by his stating, that he had heard speak some of the Confessors whose tongues Hunneric had cut out, A. D. 484. (
Ibid. p. 663c.) When a Christian, he composed a dialogue,
On the Immortality of the Soul and the Resurrection of the Body, called
Theophrastus from one of the interlocutors.
This appeared first in a Latin version by Ambrosius Camaldulensis, 8vo., Ven. 1513, and 4to, Basil. 1516.
The original Greek, with the Latin version of Wolf, fol. Tigur. 1559; with the Latin version and notes of C. Barthius, 4to. Lips. 1655 (see Fabricius,
de Veritat. Relig. Christ. Syllabus, p. 107, Hamb. 1725); also in Gallandi's
Bibliotheca Patrum, vol. x. p. 629, Ven. 1766; and with the notes of Boissonade, 8vo. Par. 1836. In Ebert's Dictionary is the following reference:
Wernsdorf Pr. de Aenea Gaz., Numb. 1817, 4to.
In the Aldine
Collection of Epistles by Greek Authors there are 25 by Aeneas, Gr. 4to., Ven. 1499. See Fabricius,
Biblioth. Graec. vol. i. pp. 676-690. Some of the letters of Aeneas may be found in the
Encyclopaedia Philologica of
Joannes Patusa, Gr. 8vo., Ven. 1710, vol. i.
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