Editing Damascius (section)

=== Damascius and the ''Corpus Dionysiacum'' ===
Starting from an article published in 2006, Byzantine philologist Carlo Maria Mazzucchi has argued that Damascius was the author of the [[Pseudo-Dionysius|Pseudo-Dionysian corpus]], the "last counter-offensive of Paganism" (''l'ultima controffensiva del paganesimo'').<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mazzucchi|first=Carlo Maria|date=2006|title=Damascio, autore del ''Corpus Dionysiacum'', e il dialogo ΠΕΡΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗ|trans-title=Damascius, author of the ''Corpus Dionysiacum'', and the dialogue ΠΕΡΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗ|journal=Aevum|language=Italian|volume=80|issue=2|pages=299–334|jstor=20861842|issn=0001-9593|eissn=1827-787X}}</ref> Mazzucchi's theory, which faced some criticism,{{Sfn|Mazzucchi|2013|p=249–250}}<ref>''E.g.'' Fiori, Emiliano Bronislaw (2008). In ''Adamantius'' (in Italian). '''14''': 670–673; Napoli, Valerio (2008). ''Ἐπέκεινα τοῦ ἑνὸς. Il principio totalmente ineffabile tra dialettica ed esegesi in Damascio''. Catania – Napoli: CUECM – Officina di Studi Medievali: 124, n. 217; and Curiello, Gioacchino (2013). "Pseudo-Dionysius and Damascius, an impossible identification". In ''Dionysius''. N.s. '''XXXI''': 101–116.</ref> was later improved with more arguments.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mazzucchi|first=Carlo Maria|date=2013|title=Iterum de Damascio Areopagita|trans-title=Again on Damascius the Areopagite|journal=Aevum|language=Latin|volume=87|issue=1|pages=249–266|jstor=26453874|issn=0001-9593|eissn=1827-787X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mazzucchi|first=Carlo Maria|date=2014|title=John of Scythopolis' marginal commentary on the Corpus Dionysiacum|url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/tc-2014-0009/html|journal=Trends in Classics|language=English|volume=6|issue=1|pages=170–175|doi=10.1515/tc-2014-0009|s2cid=170313964|via=De Gruyter Online Journals}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mazzucchi|first=Carlo Maria|date=2017|title=Impudens societas, sive Iohannes Scythopolitanus conscius Areopagiticae fraudi|trans-title=An insolent coven, or: John of Scythopolis being aware of the Areopagite fraud|journal=Aevum|language=Latin|volume=91|issue=2|pages=289–294|jstor=26497004|issn=0001-9593|eissn=1827-787X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mazzucchi|first=Carlo Maria|date=2020|title=Areopagitica nova|trans-title=News on the Areopagite|journal=Aevum|language=Latin|volume=94|issue=1|pages=209–214|doi=10.26350/000193_000069|issn=0001-9593|eissn=1827-787X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mazzucchi |first=Carlo Maria |date=2023 |title=Areopagiticum novissimum |trans-title=Further news on the Areopagite |url=http://digital.casalini.it/10.26350/000193_000159 |journal=Aevum |language=Latin |volume=97 |issue=1 |pages=175–178 |doi=10.26350/000193_000159 |issn=0001-9593 |eissn=1827-787X |via=Torrossa}}</ref>