Porphyrius
a Neo-Platonic philosopher; born in Batanea, Syria, A. D. 233; was a disciple first of Longinus, then of Plotinus, whose works he edited, and whom he succeeded as master of a school of philosophy at Rome. He wrote a "History of Philosophy," to which probably belongs the extant "Life of Pythagoras." Some fragments of his PORT States. It feeds on fish, and was formerly esteemed as an article of food.
Its only commercial value now is derived from the oil obtained from its blubber, and shoe laces. and its skin, which is used for leather