Agapius (Greek:Ἀγάπιος; 5th-6th century) was aNeoplatonistphilosopher who lived inAthens. He was a notable philosopher in the Neoplatonist school in Athens whenMarinus of Neapolis wasscholarch after the death ofProclus (c. 485).^[1] He was admired for his love of learning and for putting forward difficult problems.^[1]

He may be the Agapius under whomJohn Lydus heard some lectures onPlatonist philosophy, while he was studyingAristotelian doctrines inConstantinople in 511, and of whom the poetChristodorus in his workOn the Disciples of the Great Proclus stated that "Agapius is assuredly the last but the first of all."^[2]

• Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, John Robert Martindale, J. Morris, (1971),The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, pages 32–3. Cambridge University Press
• Michael Maas, (2000),Readings in Late Antiquity: A Sourcebook, page 48. Routledge

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