David (commentator)

6th century) was a Greek scholar and a commentator on Aristotle and Porphyry.

He may have come from Thessaly, but in later times he was confused with an Armenian of the same name (David Anhaght).

[1] He was a pupil of Olympiodorus in Alexandria in the late 6th century.

[3] Three commentaries to Aristotle's works attributed to him have survived:[1][4] as well as an introduction (prolegomena) to philosophy: All these works will be published, with an English translation, in the series Commentaria in Aristotelem Armeniaca - Davidis Opera (five volumes), edited by Jonathan Barnes and Valentina Calzolari.[when?]

[5] This biography of a philosopher from ancient Greece is a stub.