Biographies of the Greek sophists — professional orators and teachers of rhetoric from the fifth century BC to the Roman empire. The primary source for the intellectual culture of the Second Sophistic.
Start ReadingPhilostratus chronicles the great orators of the Greek world, from Gorgias to his own contemporaries, in a biographical history of rhetorical excellence.
Philostratus chronicles the great orators of the Greek world, from Gorgias to his own contemporaries, in a biographical history of rhetorical excellence.