Arria (Platonist)
Arria was a follower of Plato's philosophy living in the 2nd century AD .
She was friends with the important Greek physician Galenus , who respectfully mentions her in his treatise on Theriaca (medicinal remedies and antidotes) as a zealous Platonist. The doctor healed her from a serious stomach problem. She also maintained good relationships with the Roman emperor Septimius Severus and his son Caracalla .
Arria could be identified with the wife of the same name of the suffect consul of 154, Marcus Nonius Macrinus , and thus the grandmother of the ordinary consul of 201, Marcus Nonius Arrius Mucianus . The French writer Gilles Ménage suspected in his book Historia mulierum philosopharum (1690) that the ancient philosopher Diogenes Laertios dedicated his work On the life and teachings of famous philosophers to Arria.
literature
- Maria Nühlen: Arria III . In: Ursula I. Meyer, Heidemarie Bennent-Vahle (Ed.): Philosophinnen-Lexikon , 1997, ISBN 3-379-01584-9 , p. 48f.
- Paul von Rohden : Arria 41) and 42). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, column 1259.
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient platonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century or 3rd century |