This work is a collection of the fragments of Syrianus the Platonist, head of the Athenian school of Platonism from 432-437, on Plato's Timaeus and Parmenides. It includes a collection, translation, and commentary of a selection of 41 fragments relating to Syrianus' teaching on the Timaeus and Parmenides', these fragments, moreover, are illustrative of Syrianus' metaphysics- from them, we can derive an understanding of Syrianus' teaching, and where Proclus, his most famed pupil, adheres to the teaching and where he innovates.

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