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This volume presents kindred works important for evidence relating
to late Greek art. They are attributed to two men each known as
Philostratus and to a third man called Callistratus, otherwise
unknown. To an elder Philostratus, the Lemnian, born ca. 190 CE,
junior kinsman of the Philostratus who wrote the "Life of
Apollonius of Tyana" and "Lives of the Sophists," is attributed the
series of 65 'Eikones' or 'Imagines', descriptions (in two books)
ostensibly of paintings in a gallery at Naples. A younger
Philostratus, apparently his grandson, is credited with 17 similar
descriptions. The 14 'Ekphraseis' attributed to Callistratus are
descriptions of statues in stone or bronze, written probably in the
fourth century CE. It is not known to what extent the descriptions
are of real works of art, but they show how artists treated their
subjects, and are written with some artistic knowledge. Yet
rhetorical skill dominates: these pieces were written to display
the writers' powers of description.
This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.
Contents Fairbanks's Introduction Translation of the Fragments:
Book I Translation of the Fragments: Book II Translation of the
Fragments: Book III Translation of the Fragments: On Purifications
Passages from Plato relating to Empedokles Passages in Aristotle
referring to Empedokles Passages in Diels' 'Doxographi Graeci'
relating to Empedokles
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
Together With A Translation Of The More Important Accounts Of Their
Opinions Contained In The Early Epitomes Of Their Works. This
scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint
Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of
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title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections
such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures,
markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our
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