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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.
Two sophists on the history of sophistry. Flavius Philostratus,
known as “the Elder” or “the Athenian,” was born to a
distinguished family with close ties to Lesbos in the later second
century, and died around the middle of the third. A sophist who
studied at Athens and later lived in Rome, Philostratus provides in
Lives of the Sophists a treasury of information about notable
practitioners. His sketches of sophists in action paint a
fascinating picture of their predominant influence in the
educational, social, and political life of the Empire in his time.
He is almost certainly the author also of the Life of Apollonius of
Tyana (LCL 16, 17, 458) and Heroicus and Gymnasticus (LCL 521).
Eunapius (ca. 345–415) was born in Sardis but studied and spent
much of his life in Athens as a sophist and historian. His Lives of
Philosophers and Sophists covers figures of personal or
intellectual significance to him in the period from Plotinus (ca.
250) to Chrystanthus (ca. 380), including one remarkable woman,
Sosipatra, and then focuses on Iamblichus and his students. The
work’s underlying rationale combines personal devotion to
teachers and colleagues with a broader attempt to rehabilitate
Hellenic cultural icons against the rise of Christianity and the
influence of its representatives. This edition of Philostratus and
Eunapius thoroughly revises the original edition by Wilmer C.
Wright (1921) in light of modern scholarship.
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++++ Eunape: Vies Des Philosophes Et Des Sophistes Eunapius
Rouquette, 1878
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commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
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