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Eunapius ( el, Εὐνάπιος; fl. 4th–5th century AD) was a Greek sophist and historian of the 4th century AD. His principal surviving work is the ''Lives of Philosophers and Sophists'' ( grc-gre, Βίοι Φιλοσόφων καὶ Σοφιστῶν; la, Vitae sophistarum), a collection of the biographies of 23
Eunapius ( el, Εὐνάπιος; fl. 4th–5th century AD) was a Greek sophist and historian of the 4th century AD. His principal surviving work is the ''Lives of Philosophers and Sophists'' ( grc-gre, Βίοι Φιλοσόφων καὶ Σοφιστῶν; la, Vitae sophistarum), a collection of the biographies of 23 philosopher
A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...
s and sophists.
Life
He was born at Sardis, AD 347. In his native city he studied under his relative, the sophist Chrysanthius, and while still a youth went to Athens, where he became a favourite pupil of Prohaeresius therhetoric
Rhetoric () is the art of persuasion, which along with grammar and logic (or dialectic), is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. Rhetoric aims to study the techniques writers or speakers utilize to inform, persuade, or motivate parti ...
ian. He possessed considerable knowledge of medicine.
In his later years he seems to have lived at Athens, teaching rhetoric
Rhetoric () is the art of persuasion, which along with grammar and logic (or dialectic), is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. Rhetoric aims to study the techniques writers or speakers utilize to inform, persuade, or motivate parti ...
. He was initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries by the last Hierophant, Nestorius.Eunapius, ''Vit. Soph.'' 7.3.1; K. Clinton, ''Sacred Officials of the Eleusinian Mysteries'' (1974) p. 42ff. There is evidence that he was still living in the reign of the younger Theodosius Theodosius ( Latinized from the Greek "Θεοδόσιος", Theodosios, "given by god") is a given name. It may take the form Teodósio, Teodosie, Teodosije etc. Theodosia is a feminine version of the name.
Emperors of ancient Rome and Byzantium
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.
Writing
Eunapius was the author of two works, one entitled ''Lives of Philosophers and Sophists'', and ''Universal History'' consisting of a continuation of the history of Dexippus. The former work is still extant; of the latter only the Constantinian excerpts remain, but the facts are largely incorporated in the work ofZosimus Zosimus, Zosimos, Zosima or Zosimas may refer to:
People
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* Rufus and Zosimus (died 107), Christian saints
* Zosimus (martyr) (died 110), Christian martyr who was executed in Umbria, Italy
* Zosimos of Panopolis, also known as ''Zosimus Alchemi ...
. It embraced the history of events from AD 270–404.
The ''Lives of Philosophers and Sophists'', a collection of the biographies of 23 older and contemporary philosopher
A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...
s and sophists, is valuable as the only source for the history of the Neoplatonism of that period. The style of both works is marked by a spirit of bitter hostility to Christianity. Photius
Photios I ( el, Φώτιος, ''Phōtios''; c. 810/820 – 6 February 893), also spelled PhotiusFr. Justin Taylor, essay "Canon Law in the Age of the Fathers" (published in Jordan Hite, T.O.R., & Daniel J. Ward, O.S.B., "Readings, Cases, Materia ...
had before him a "new edition" of the history in which the passages most offensive to Christians were omitted.
The ''Lives of Philosophers and Sophists'' consists of the biographies of the following philosophers and sophists: Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus
Iamblichus (; grc-gre, Ἰάμβλιχος ; Aramaic: 𐡉𐡌𐡋𐡊𐡅 ''Yamlīḵū''; ) was a Syrian neoplatonic philosopher of Arabic origin. He determined a direction later taken by neoplatonism. Iamblichus was also the biographer of ...
, Alypius Alypius may refer to:
* Alypius of Antioch, vicarius of Roman Britain, probably in the late 350s
* Alypius of Alexandria, music theorist, c. 360
* Alypius of Byzantium (died 169), bishop of Byzantium
* Alypius of Constantinople (), Byzantine priest ...
, Sosipatra, Aedesius the Cappadocian, Sopater
Sopater Orr, James, M. A., D. D. General EditorSopater ''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia''. 1915. Retrieved December 9, 2005. ( el, Σώπατρος, ''Sṓpatros'') was the son of Pyrhus,Ablabius, Eustathius, Maximus, Priscus,
Philostratus, ''Lives of the Sophists''. Eunapius, ''Lives of the Philosophers and Sophists''
Translated by Wilmer C. Wright. 1921. Loeb Classical Library.
(Greek text with preceding Latin translation)
and ttp://www.tertullian.org/fathers/eunapius_01_intro.htm Introduction by Wilmer Cave Wright (translator)from th
Tertullian Project
* ttp://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Eunapius%20Sardianus_PG%20113/Vitae%20sophistarum.pdf Βίοι Φιλοσόφων καὶ Σοφιστῶν(original text in Greek) * ''Philostratorum et Callistrati opera, Eunapii vitae sophistarum, Himerii sophistae declamationes'', A. Westermann, Jo. Fr. Boissoade, Fr. Dübner (ed.), Parisiis, editore Ambrosio Firmin Didot, 1849
pp. 453-505
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Julian of Cappadocia
Julian may refer to:
People
* Julian (emperor) (331–363), Roman emperor from 361 to 363
* Julian (Rome), referring to the Roman gens Julia, with imperial dynasty offshoots
* Saint Julian (disambiguation), several Christian saints
* Julian (gi ...
, Prohaeresius, Epiphanius, Diophantus the Arab, Sopolis, Himerius, Parnacius, Libanius, Acacius, Nymphidianus, Zeno of Cyprus
Zeno of Cyprus ( grc, Ζήνων ὁ Κύπριος), (4th century), was a Greek physician, a native of Cyprus, and the tutor of Ionicus, Magnus, and Oribasius.Eunapius, ''Vit. Philos.'' Eunapius states that he lived "down to the time of Julian the ...
, Magnus, Oribasius, Ionicus and Chrysanthius.
Editions and translations
*Edition of the ''Lives'' by JF Boissonade (1822), with notes by D Wyttenbach *History fragments inKarl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller
Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller ( la, Carolus Müllerus; 13 February 1813 in Clausthal – 1894 in Göttingen) is best known for his still-useful Didot editions of fragmentary Greek authors, especially the monumental five-volume ''Fragmenta Historicor ...
, ''Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum'', iv.
* V. Cousin, ''Fragments philosophiques'' (1865), translation: W. C. Wright in the Loeb Classical Library
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edition of Philostratus's ''Lives of the Sophists'' (1921).Philostratus, ''Lives of the Sophists''. Eunapius, ''Lives of the Philosophers and Sophists''
Translated by Wilmer C. Wright. 1921. Loeb Classical Library.
References
Bibliography
*External links
(Greek text with preceding Latin translation)
and ttp://www.tertullian.org/fathers/eunapius_01_intro.htm Introduction by Wilmer Cave Wright (translator)from th
Tertullian Project
* ttp://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Eunapius%20Sardianus_PG%20113/Vitae%20sophistarum.pdf Βίοι Φιλοσόφων καὶ Σοφιστῶν(original text in Greek) * ''Philostratorum et Callistrati opera, Eunapii vitae sophistarum, Himerii sophistae declamationes'', A. Westermann, Jo. Fr. Boissoade, Fr. Dübner (ed.), Parisiis, editore Ambrosio Firmin Didot, 1849
pp. 453-505
{{Authority control Roman-era Greek priests 4th-century Greek writers Roman-era students in Athens Historians from Roman Anatolia Lydia Ancient Greek biographers Biographers of ancient people Late-Roman-era pagans Roman-era Greek historians 4th-century Byzantine historians 5th-century Byzantine historians 4th-century clergy 5th-century clergy