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"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"-- [Provided by publisher]

Contributors:

Philostratus, the Athenian, active 2nd century-3rd century

Eunapius, approximately 345-approximately 420

Miles, Graeme, 1976- , editor, translator

Baltussen, Han , editor, translator

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Included Works:

Lives of the sophists [by Philostratus, the Athenian] (English; (Miles))

Lives of the sophists [by Philostratus, the Athenian] (Greek; (Miles))

Vitae sophistarum [by Eunapius] (English; (Baltussen))

Vitae sophistarum [by Eunapius] (Greek; (Baltussen))

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Lives of the sophists (ISBN 9780674997530; LCCN 2022039364; OCLC Number 1373080067)

Related Series:

Loeb classical library; [volume] 134

Subjects:

Philostratus, the Athenian, active 2nd century-3rd century — Lives of the sophists

Eunapius, approximately 345-approximately 420 — Vitae sophistarum

Sophists (Greek philosophy) — Biography — Early works to 1800

Lives of the sophists (Philostratus, the Athenian)

Vitae sophistarum (Eunapius)

Sophists (Greek philosophy)

Genres:

Biographies

Early works

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

PA4272 .A6 2023eb

ISBNs:

9780674997530 (cloth) [Invalid]
0674997530 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

910938643

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: hup0000234