Format:
x, 656 Seiten
ISBN:
9780674997530
Series Statement:
Loeb classical library 134
Content:
"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"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 26-31) and index
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Rhetorical glossary: pages 621-633
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This edition of Philostratus and Eunapius thoroughly revises the original edition by Wilmer C. Wright (1921) in light of modern schlorship
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Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages ; critical matter in English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Lives of the sophists Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2023
Additional Edition:
Lives of philosophers and sophists
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Eunapius Sardianus Vitae sophistarum
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Philostratus, Flavius 160-245 Vitae sophistarum
Author information:
Eunapius Sardianus
Author information:
Philostratus, Flavius 160-245
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