Cronius the Pythagorean

Cronius (Greek: Κρόνιος; 2nd century) was a celebrated Neopythagorean philosopher.^[1] He was probably a contemporary of Numenius of Apamea, who lived in the 2nd century, and he is often spoken of along with him.^[2] Nemesius^[3] mentions a work of his On Reincarnation, (Greek: περὶ παλιγγενεσίας), and Origen is said to have diligently studied the works of Cronius.^[4] Porphyry also states that he endeavoured to explain the fables of the Homeric poems in a philosophical manner. This is all we know about Cronius, although he appears to have been very distinguished among the Neopythagoreans.

Notes

1. ^ Porphyry, Vita Plotini, 20; Eusebius, Church History vi. 19.
2. ^ Porphyry, De Antr. Nymph. 10
3. ^ Nemesius, de Anima, 2.
4. ^ Suda, Origenes.

External links

• Life of Plotinus by Porphyry

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).