What influence did Greco-Roman philosophy have on the doctrine of "creatio ex nihilo"?

**Background** Frequently, Creationists and Theistic Evolutionists will appeal to and debate/discuss the idea of *"Creatio Ex Nihilo"* (Latin for "creation from nothing") with some critiquing the concept and claiming that Genesis [does](https://afkimel.wordpress.com/2015/04/06/creatio-ex-nihilo-is-it-found-in-the-bible/) not [assume]( https://earlychurch.org.uk/article_exnihilo_copan.html) *creatio [ex nihilo](http://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithpromotingrumor/2009/05/thats-not-in-the-bible-creation-ex-nihilo-and-israelite-cosmology/)*. These critics often assert that the concept arose out of Greco-Roman philosophy. According to Wikipedia , > Some scholars\[*which?*\] have argued that Plethon viewed Plato as positing *ex nihilo* creation in his *[Timaeus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timaeus_(dialogue))* ... [and] ... The [School of Chartres](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Chartres_) understood the creation account in Plato's Timaeus to refer to creatio ex nihilo. And this appeared to be a [topic of interest and discussion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_comes_from_nothing) amongst the philosophers. **Question** What, exactly were the arguments for the philosophical concept of *Creatio Ex Nihilo* made by the classical philosophers and what relationship (if any) does this have to [Plato's Theory of Forms](https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/22641/what-is-the-difference-between-the-%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%86%E1%BF%87-of-god-and-the-%CE%B5%E1%BC%B6%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%82-of-god/25185#25185) ? How might these arguments have influenced the modern Christian doctrine of *Creatio Ex Nihilo*, and what relationship do these ancient philsopical arguments have (if any) with it?