Marcellus, Oro'ntius
was the person to whom Longinus addressed his treatise
Περὶ Τέλους, or
De Finibus. (Longin.
Fr. 5. ed. Weiske.)
He was a pupil of Plotinus. (Porphyr.
Vit. Plotin. 7.)
A daughter of Marcellus studied philosophy, and married Porphyry, the biographer of Plotinus. (Cyril.
contr. Julian. p. 209; Eunap.
Vit. Sophist. Porphyr)
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