Lives of the sophists /

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Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2023. ©2023
Description:	x, 656 pages ; 17 cm.
Language:	English Ancient Greek
Series:	Loeb classical library ; LCL 134 Loeb classical library ; 134.
Subject:	Philostratus, -- the Athenian, -- active 2nd century-3rd century. -- Lives of the sophists. Eunapius, -- approximately 345-approximately 420. -- Vitae sophistarum. Lives of the sophists (Philostratus, the Athenian) Vitae sophistarum (Eunapius) Sophists (Greek philosophy) -- Biography -- Early works to 1800. Sophists (Greek philosophy) Biographies. Early works. Biographies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13152725

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Varying Form of Title:	Lives of philosophers and sophists
Other title:	Lives of philosophers and sophists.
Other uniform titles:	Container of (expression): Philostratus, the Athenian, active 2nd century-3rd century. Lives of the sophists. English (Miles) Container of (expression): Philostratus, the Athenian, active 2nd century-3rd century. Lives of the sophists. Greek (Miles) Container of (expression): Eunapius, approximately 345-approximately 420. Vitae sophistarum. English (Baltussen) Container of (expression): Eunapius, approximately 345-approximately 420. Vitae sophistarum. Greek (Baltussen) Miles, Graeme, 1976- Baltussen, Han,
ISBN:	9780674997530 0674997530
Notes:	"Rhetorical glossary": pages 621-633. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages ; critical matter in English.
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."--

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