Philostratus the Lemnian 3rd cent
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- Name:
- Philostratus the Lemnian 3rd cent
- Abbr:
- Philostr.
- Alt names:
- Philostratus, Lemnius
Φιλόστρατος
Philostratus, of Lemnos
Philostratos, the Elder
Philostratos, der Ältere
Philostratus Major, Sophista
Philostr.
Philostratus Major, Soph.
- Field of activity:
- Sophist
- Notes:
- Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol , 1867, p. 1:
Brill's New Pauly: "Philostratus, 7, Sophist in Athens, may be P. 'the Lemnian', who is frequently praised in VS.
The Suda calls this P. the son of Nervianus...born in 187 or 191/2 [17], was a student of Hippodromus (VS 2,27,617) at the age of 22, received immunity
(exemption from public office, VS 2,30,623) from Caracalla after a magnificent declamation when he was 24, met Claudius Aelianus [2] in Rome after 222
(VS 2,31,625) and quarrelled with Aspasius [3] during the latter's professorship in Rome and later in Ionia (VS 2,33,627-628
cf. Suda α 4205). When
Aspasius became imperial secretary, P. wrote him a critical letter 'How to write a Letter', undoubtedly the work handed down as Dialéxis I. This is P.' [7]
only extant work of all those attributed to him in the Suda (Eikónes, Panathēnaikós, Trōikós, a paraphrase of the Homeric shield description and five declamations) -
if the Eikónes (Imagines) and the Trōikós (? = Hērōikós) are in truth not his work..." Bowie, Ernie. (Oxford). owie, Ewen (Oxford). "Philostratus." Brill's New Pauly.
Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and
Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2011. Brill Online.
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