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Philostratus (Routledge Revivals) - Biography and Belles Lettres in the Third Century A.D. (Paperback)
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Philostratus (Routledge Revivals) - Biography and Belles Lettres in the Third Century A.D. (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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This study of Philostratus , first published in 1986, presents the
Greek biographer's treatment of both sophists and holy men in the
social and intellectual life of the early Roman Empire, which also
displays his own distinctive literary personality as a superficial
dilettante and an engrossing snob. Through him we gain a glimpse of
the rhetorical schools and their rivalries, as well as a bizarre
portrayal of the celebrated first-century holy man Apollonius of
Tyana, long loathed by his later Christian press as a Pagan Christ.
Rarely does a biographer's reputation revolve round the charge that
he forged his principal source. Graham Anderson's account produces
new evidence which supports Philostratus' credibility, but it also
extends the charges of ignorance and bias in his handling of
fellow-sophists. Philostratus is intended for any reader interested
in the social, cultural and literary history of the Roman Empire as
well as the professional classicist.
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