Lives of the Sophists. Lives of Philosophers and Sophists

Philostratus, Eunapius, Graeme Miles , Han Baltussen

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English

Harvard University Press
28 August 2023

Semantics; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Ancient history: to c 500 CE

Series: Loeb Classical Library

"Two sophists on the history of sophistry.

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."

By: Philostratus, Eunapius
Edited by: Graeme Miles
Edited and translated by: Graeme Miles, Han Baltussen
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 162mm, Width: 108mm,
ISBN: 9780674997530
ISBN 10: 0674997530
Series: Loeb Classical Library
Pages: 672
Publication Date: 28 August 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Graeme Miles is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Tasmania. Han Baltussen is the Walter W. Hughes Professor of Classics at the University of Adelaide.