50 years before Philoponus, two Christians from Gaza, seeking to influence Alexandrian Christians, defended the Christian belief in resurrection and the finite duration of the world, and attacked rival Neoplatonist views. Aeneas addresses an unusual version of the food chain argument against resurrection, that our bodies will get eaten by other creatures. Zacharias attacks the Platonist examples of synchronous creation, which were the production of light, of shadow, and of a footprint in the sand. A fragment survives of a third Gazan contribution by Procopius. Zacharias lampoons the Neoplatonist professor in Alexandria, Ammonius, and claims a leading role in the riot which led to the cleverest Neoplatonist, Damascius, fleeing to Athens. It was only Philoponus, however, who was able to embarrass the Neoplatonists by arguing against them on their own terms. This volume contains an English translation of the works by Aeneas of Gaza and Zacharias of Mytilene, accompanied by a detailed introduction, explanatory notes and a bibliography.

Sebastian Gertz is Supernumerary Teaching Fellow in Philosophy at St John's College, University of Oxford, UK, where he mainly teaches ancient philosophy in Greek, Latin or in translation. His research is primarily on Neoplatonism. Other translations of his include (with John Dillon and Donald Russell) Aeneas of Gaza: Theophrastus with Zacharias of Mytilene: Ammonius (Bloomsbury, 2012).

Introduction
Part One: Aeneas of Gaza: Theophrastus
Textual Emendations
Translation
Notes
Bibliography
English-Greek Glossary
Greek-English Index
Index of Passages Cited
General Index
Part Two: Zacharias of Mytilene: Ammonius
Textual Emendations
Translation
Notes
Bibliography
English-Greek Glossary
Greek-English Index
Index of Passages Cited
General Index