Proclus of Laodicea

Proculeius or Proklos (Greek: Πρόκλος), son of Themison. He held the office of hierophant at Laodiceia in Syria. He wrote, according to the Suda, the following works:

• On the gods (θεολογία)
• On the myth of Pandora in Hesiod (εἰς τὴν παρ' Ἡσιόδῳ τῆς Πανδώρας μῦθον)
• On golden words (εἰς τὰ χρυσᾶ ἔπη)
• On Nicomachus' introduction to number theory (εἰς τὴν Νικομάχου εἰσαγωγὴν τῆς ἀριθμητικῆς)
• some geometrical treatises

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)