Dio Chrysostom

Also known as Dio Cocceianus, Dio of Prusa

Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian (c. 40 – c. 115)

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Dio Chrysostom was a male orator, philosopher, and writer from the Roman Empire. Born in Bursa around 40, he was a citizen of Ancient Rome and belonged to the Greek ethnic group. He wrote in Ancient Greek and worked in Ancient Greece. His fields of work included philosophy, stoicism, and rhetoric.

He died in 120. His notable works include *Diōnos Prousaeōs sophistou Peri apistias*, *L'Eubéenne ou le Chasseur*, *Oratio de Ilii captivitate interprete Francisco Philelpho*, *Hunters of Euboea*, and *Essays*. He had students named Favorinus and Polemon of Laodicea. His writings have been described by sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and Pauly–Wissowa.

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It sits within the topics 115 deaths, 1st-century Greek philosophers and 1st-century historians.

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Born: ca. 40
Died: 120
Works: 71

Top works

Diōnos Chrysostomou logoi (peri basileias)
Dionis Chrysostomi orationes post Ludovicum Dindorfium
Diōnos Prousaeōs sophistou Peri apistias
L'Eubéenne ou le Chasseur
Oratio de Ilii captivitate interprete Francisco Philelpho

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Place of birth: Bursa
Occupation: philosopher
Languages spoken: Ancient Greek
Field of work: rhetoric
Image: Dio Chrysostomus.jpg
Work location: Ancient Greece

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date of death: 0120-00-00
date of birth: 0040-00-00
student: Polemon of Laodicea
time period: Roman Empire
ethnic group: Greeks
described by source: Pauly–Wissowa
writing language: Ancient Greek
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Commons Creator page: Dio Chrysostom

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Works in European collections

16 objects attributed to Dio Chrysostom, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Dionis Chrysostomi Rhetoricae meditationes

Dionis Orationes

De regno [Texto impreso]

Dionos Prousaeos sophistou Peri apistias = Dionis Prusaensis sophistae, Non temere credendum

Orationes octoginta in latinum conversae

Homeri ... Odyssea libri XXIIII. Raphaele Volaterrano interprete, cum Ausonij Poetae argumentis. Homeri Batrachomyomachia, id est, Ranarum et Murium pugna, Aldo Ma. Ro. interprete, ad uerbum ferè tralata. ... Homeri Hymni Deorum XXXII. Iodoco Velareo Verbrokano ... interprete ... Homeri Vita, per Dionem Philosophum, eodem Iodoco Interprete

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Encyclopedic overview

Orations of Dio Chrysostom edited by Johann Jakob Reiske, 1784. Oration 1, ΠΕΡΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ (On Kingship) Dio Chrysostom (/ˈdiːoʊ ˈkrɪsəstəm, krɪˈsɒstəm/; Ancient Greek: Δίων Χρυσόστομος Dion Chrysostomos), Dio of Prusa or Cocceianus Dio (c. 40 – c. 115 AD), was a Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian of the Roman Empire in the 1st century AD. Eighty of his Discourses (or Orations; Λόγοι) are extant, as well as a few letters, a mock essay Encomium on Hair, and a few other fragments. His sobriquet Chrysostom comes from the Greek chrysostomos, which literally means "golden-mouthed".

Life

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