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Lives of the Sophists. Lives of Philosophers and Sophists

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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).

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G Miles and H Baltussen

Edition

1st

Pagination

672-672

ISBN

978-0674997530

Department/School

History and Classics

Publisher

Loeb Classical Library

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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130704 Understanding Europe’s past

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