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Summary:

"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."-- [Dust jacket]

Table of Contents:

• Lives of the sophists / Philostratus ; edited and translated by Graeme Miles
• Lives of philosophers and sophists / Eunapius ; edited and translated by Han Baltussen.

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
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Language Notes:

Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages ; critical matter in 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))

Lives of philosophers and sophists

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 indexes.

Physical Description:

x, 656 pages ; 17 cm.

Call Numbers:

PA4272 .A6 2023

ISBNs:

9780674997530 (hardcover)
0674997530 (hardcover)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2022039364

OCLC Numbers:

1373080067