AEDESIUS (d. A.D. 355), Neoplatonist philosopher, was born of a noble Cappadocian family. He migrated to Syria, attracted by the lectures of Iamblichus, whose disciple he became. He taught at Pergamum, his chief disciples being Eusebius and Maximus.
See Ritter and Preller, 552 ; Ritter's Geschichte der Philosophie; T. Whittaker, The Neoplatonists (19o1).