Of the distinguished Lemnian family of Philostrati, Flavius
Philostratus 'the Athenian', ca. 170-205 CE, was a Greek sophist
who studied at Athens and later lived in Rome. He was author of the
admirable "Life of Apollonius of Tyana" (Loeb nos. 16 and 17) and
of "Lives of the Sophists," a treasury of information about notable
sophists. Philostratus's sketches of sophists in action yield a
fascinating picture of the predominant influence of Sophistic in
the educational, social, and political life of the Empire in the
second and third centuries.
The Greek sophist and historian Eunapius was born at Sardis in
347 CE, but went to Athens to study and lived much of his life
there teaching rhetoric and possibly medicine. He was initiated
into the mysteries and was hostile to Christians. His "Lives of
Philosophers and Sophists" (mainly contemporary with himself) is
our only source for knowledge of Neo-Platonism in the latter part
of the fourth century.
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