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Ammonius, surnamed Saccas c.160-242AD
Greek philosopher

A sack-carrier in Alexandria, Egypt, as a young man, he was the founder of Neoplatonic philosophy, and was the teacher of Plotinus, Origen and Longinus, but left no writings.