Research Catalog

Title

Lives of the sophists / Philostratus ; edited and translated by Graeme Miles. Lives of philosophers and sophists / Eunapius ; edited and translated by Han Baltussen.

Publication

• Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2023.
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

• Philostratus, the Athenian, active 2nd century-3rd century
• Eunapius, approximately 345-approximately 420.
• Miles, Graeme, 1976-
• Baltussen, Han

Description

x, 656 pages; 17 cm.

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."--

Series Statement

Loeb classical library ; LCL 134

Uniform Title

Loeb classical library ; 134.

Alternative Title

• Lives of philosophers and sophists
• Lives of philosophers and sophists.

Subject

• Philostratus, the Athenian, active 2nd century-3rd century
• Eunapius, approximately 345-approximately 420
• Lives of the sophists (Philostratus, the Athenian)
• Vitae sophistarum (Eunapius)
• Sophists (Greek philosophy) > Biography > Early works to 1800
• Sophists (Greek philosophy)

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Early works
• Biographies.

Note

• "Rhetorical glossary": pages 621-633.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language (note)

• Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages ; critical matter in English.

Contents

Lives of the sophists / Philostratus ; edited and translated by Graeme Miles -- Lives of philosophers and sophists / Eunapius ; edited and translated by Han Baltussen.

Call Number

PA3611

ISBN

• 9780674997530
• 0674997530

LCCN

2022039364

OCLC

1373080067

Title

Lives of the sophists / Philostratus ; edited and translated by Graeme Miles. Lives of philosophers and sophists / Eunapius ; edited and translated by Han Baltussen.

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2023.

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Loeb classical library ; LCL 134

Loeb classical library ; 134.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language

Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages ; critical matter in English.

Added Author

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- editor, translator. Editor. Translator

Baltussen, Han, editor, translator. Editor. Translator

Other Title

Lives of philosophers and sophists

Added Title

Lives of philosophers and sophists.

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PA3611 .P453 2023