Marīnus
(
Μαρῖνος).
1.
A Tyrian geographer, who lived about the middle of the second century A.D. He was the first
mathematical geographer, and was largely followed by Ptolemy. (See
Ptolemaeus.)
2.
A philosopher and rhetorician of Flavia Neapolis in Palestine. He succeeded
Proclus (q.v.), and wrote his life, which is still
extant. Edited by Boissonade
(Leipzig, 1814).