Philostratus the Athenian Lives of the Sophists
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Philostratus the Athenian

Lives of the Sophists

philosophy

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.

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  • τῷ λαμπροτάτῳ ὑπάτῳ Ἀντωνίῳ Γορδιανῷ Φλάυιος Φιλόστρατος

    Philostratus chronicles the great orators of the Greek world, from Gorgias to his own contemporaries, in a biographical history of rhetorical excellence.

    ~12,470 words
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    Book 2

    Philostratus chronicles the great orators of the Greek world, from Gorgias to his own contemporaries, in a biographical history of rhetorical excellence.

    ~16,560 words
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