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itry. also in a Latin translation, printed together with a treatise by Choeroboscus (Paris, 1615). (21.) Five hymns. (-"-'. I Some scholia on Homer.
The following works have perished: (1.) A commen- tary <.n the Philebus of Plato (Procl. in Tim. p. 53, 222). (2.) \ i immeutaryon the Phedrus of Plato (Prod. /. c. p.329). ■'■■ I A defence of the I'imaus of Plato against i be \ i rippftouc of Aristotle ( ibid. p. 226 : Bifikiov iSta , olda rutv Jrpoc rov Tiftaiov ApioroTtXovc, avTippf)0EU)v lvi<TKiif/eic iroiovfitvwv). (4.) KaSaprt- kos tuv SoypaTutv rov nXdrutvog, against Domninua (Suid. s. v. bofitnvoc). (5.) A commentary on the Thetetetus of Plato | Marinns, /. c. cap. ult.). (6.) No/toi, a commentary apparently on 1 1 1 * • Laws of Plato i Procl. in Tim. p. 178). (7.) Notes on the 'EvveaSeg of Ploti- nus. (8.) \LnTpwaxn\ /3i'/3Xoe, on the mother of the gods (Suid. s. v. HookA.). (9.) Etc n)v '< ifxpiuig Bto- Xoyiav (Suid. /. c; Marin, c 27). (10.) flcpt rd \6yta, in ten l kg (Suid. Marin, c. 26). (11.) A commen- tary on Homer (Suid.). < 12.) Tlepi t&v trap' 'Oplfpip Siwv (ibid.). (13.) 2v[i<f>wvia 'Optyiwc, YlvSayopov k;h nX&TwvoQ (Suid. Marin, c. 22). (14.) On the three ivadeg vorjrai — namely, «,\ipin, koXXovjj, and itc/i- fitrpia (Procl. in Polit. p. 433). (15.) Elg riv Xoyov -;/<,■ biorifiag irtpi r/jc tG>v kclkwv virooraoe.(t)g. (16. ) \\nn ayuyijc, on the theurgic discipline, in two books (Suid.). ( 17.) Various hymns and epigrams.
There is no complete edition of the extant works of Proclus. The edition of Cousin (Paris, 1820 27, 6 vols. 8 vo) contains the i realises on Providi nee and Fate,<m the /', // Doubts about Provick nee, and on the Nature ofEvU, the commentary on the AUsibiades, and the commen- tary on the Parmenides. This learned Frenchman has Bince brought out Prodi Philos. Platonici opera inedita (Paris, 1864). There are English translations of the commentaries on the Timceus, the six books on the Theology of Plato, the commentaries on the first hook of Euclid, and the Theological Elements, and the five "\ Thomas Taylor. See Fabricius, Bibl. Graze. ix, 363 ir>: Brucker, Uistoiia Ciitica Philosophies, ii. 319 336; Tennemann, <;<.«-hichi<' <l<r Philosophic, vol. vi: l.'itter, Geschichte der Philosophic, bk. xiii, c. 3, voL Lv, 6 19, etc.; I>r. Burigny, Life of Proclus, in Memoirs of the Academy of Inscriptions, vol. xxxi; Marinns, Vita Prodi (Gr. and l.at.ed. by Fabricius | rJamb. 17 in, •Ito]; ed. by Boissonade [Leips. 1814, 8vo]); Baur, Christl Jahrbiicher (Tubing. 1846, p. 29 72); Cud- worth, IntdL Universe (see Index ); Hunt. Pantheism, p. 117 si).; Lewes, Hist, of Philos. vol. ii; Simon. Ecole Alex, vol. ii; Tennemann, M,m. of Philos, p. 190 sq,; Gibbon, Decline and FaU,c xx, $ 12; Hase, Ch. Hist. p. 48 etc.: Ueberweg, Hist, of Philos. i, 265 258; Smith. Diet, of Greek and Unman Biog, and Mythol. s. v. (from which a cart of the aliove has been taken); Kingslcv. Alexandria, p. 116 124, 128; Alzog, Patrol. § 57; Nou- risson, Pensees Uumaines, p. 161 sq.
Proclus, St., an Eastern ecclesiastic of the 5th century, He was at a very early age appointed reader in the church al < loustantinople. He was also engaged as secretary or amanuensis to St. Chrysostom, and was employed in a Bimilar capacity by Aniens (who suc- ceeded Arsacius as patriarch of Constantinople), by whom he was invested successively with the orders of deacon and presbyter. He was raised to the rank of bishop of Cyzicus by Sisinnius, the successor of Aniens. but did not i sercise the functions of his office, the peo- ple of Cyzicus choosing another in his place. < >n the death of Sisinnius (A.l>. 427) there was a general ex- pression of feeling in favor of Proclus as his successor, but Nestoriua was appointed. Proclus contended zeal- linsl the heresies which the latter strove to in- troduce into the < Ihurch, combating them even in a ser- mon preached before Nestoriua himself. < m the deposi- tion of Nestoriua, Proclus was again proposed as his successor; but his elevation was again opposed, though cm what grounds does not appear very dearly ascer- tained. But on the death of .Maxiiniainis. who was ap-
pointed instead, Proclus was at last created patriarch. In A.D. 138 Proclus gained a great deal of honor by having the body of St. < !hrj sostom brought to Constan- tinople. There is Mill extant a fragment of a Latin translation of a eulogy on St. Chrysostom, by Proclus, delivered probably about ilii- time. It was in the time of Proclus that the custom of chanting the Trisagion was introduced into the < Ihurch. While in office, Pro- clus conducted himself with great prudence and mild- ness. For further details respecting his ecclesiastical career, the reader is referred to Tillemont's Memoir es Ecclesiastiques (xiv. 7"! 718). His extant writings are enumerated by Fabricius [B. G. ix. 505 512). One of the most celebrated of hi- letters (Elqoi -ktthoc) was written in A.D. 135, when the bishops of Arme- nia applied to him for his opinion on certain proposi- tions which had been disseminated in their dioceses, and were attributed to Theodoras of Mapsuestia. The discussion that ensued with respect to these proposi- tions made a considerable stir in i he Fast. Proclus be- Btowed a great deal of pains upon hi- style, which i< terse and sententious, but is crowded with antitheses and rhetorical points, and betrays a labored endeavor to reiterate the same sentiment in every possible variety of form. From the quotations ol subsequent authors, it appears that several of the writings of Proclus are lost. The Platonic Theology of Proclus Diadochus has aome- times been erroneously described as a theological work of St. Proclus. The 24th of October is the day conse- crated to the memory of St. Proclus by the Greek Church.— Smith. Diet. ofGr. and Rom. Biog. and My- thol. s. v. See Neander, Ch. Hist. ii. 496 sq.; Riddle, Hist, of the Papacy, i. 160 sq.. I7n sq.