[2] By the 2nd century the Middle Platonists were producing paraphrases and summaries of Plato's thought.
Porphyry (3rd century) attempted in a special work to show the agreement of Aristotelian and Platonist philosophy and wrote a number of commentaries on Plato, Aristotle, and Theophrastus.
[5] Additional commentaries on Plato were written by Dexippus, Plutarch of Athens, and Syrianus.
Later Neoplatonist commentators on Plato whose works partially survive include Damascius and Olympiodorus.
[9] By the 11th century enthusiastic admirers of Platonism could be found in figures such as Michael Psellos and John Italus.