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Flavius Philostratus 'the Athenian', ca. 170–205 CE, was a Greek sophist who studied at Athens and later lived in Rome.
Philostratus' 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. On reading Philostratus' sketches it is as if these people come to life before the reader!
The Greek sophist and historian, Eunapius (ca. 345–415) was born in Sardis but studied and spent much of his life in Athens as a sophist and historian. In this text he 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.
Philostratus, Eunapius. Lives of the Sophists. Lives of Philosophers and Sophists. Edited and translated by Graeme Miles, Han Baltussen. Loeb Classical Library 134. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2023.
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