Eunapius
Sign in to savethumb|Title page of the Vitae sophistarum of Eunapius, in Greek and Latin, 1596 Eunapius (; c. 347 – c. 420) was a Greek sophist, rhetorician, and historian from Sardis in the region of Lydia in Asia Minor. His principal surviving work is the Lives of Philosophers and Sophists (; ), a collection of the biographies of 24 philosophers and sophists.
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Eunapius was a male historian, philosopher, writer, and biographer who lived during the Roman Empire. Born in Sardis in 349, he was a citizen of Ancient Rome. He wrote in Ancient Greek and held a worldview of polytheism. His field of work was ancient Greek philosophy.
He studied under Chrysanthius and Prohaeresius. Eunapius died in 420. His works include *De vitis philosophorvm et sophistarvm*, *Vitae sophistarum*, *The lyves, of philosophers and oratours*, *Vangelo di un pagano*, *Il maestro dell'Imperatore*, and *Evnapivs sardianvs*. He is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- approximately 345
- Died
- approximately 420
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Vangelo di un pagano
- Il maestro dell'Imperatore
- Evnapivs sardianvs, De vitis philosophorvm et sophistarvm
- Vitae sophistarum
- The lyves, of philosophers and oratours
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
1 total works indexed
- Lives of Philosophers
· 1921 · cited 14x
via Crossref · CC0
Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to Eunapius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Eunapiu tu Sardianu Bioi philosophōn kai sophistōn : Nunc recens accedunt eiusdem auctoris Legationes, e bibliotheca Andr. Schotti Antverpiani = De vitis philosophorum et sophistarum
Eunapiu tu Sardianu Bioi philosophōn kai sophistōn : Nunc recens accedunt eiusdem auctoris Legationes, e bibliotheca Andr. Schotti Antverpiani = De vitis philosophorum et sophistarum
Eunapiu ... Bioi philosophōn kai sophistōn.. = De Vitis Philosophorvm Et Sophistarvm. Hadriano Junio Hornano interprete. Graeca c. mss. Palatinis comparata, aucta et emendata, Hieronymi Commelini opera. Nunc recens accedunt eiusd. auctoris legationes
Vitae philosophorum
Dexippi, Eunapii, Petri Patricii, Prisci, Malchi, Menandri Historiarum quae supersunt
Epitome sive compendium totius medicinae
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
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thumb|Title page of the Vitae sophistarum of Eunapius, in Greek and Latin, 1596 Eunapius (; c. 347 – c. 420) was a Greek sophist, rhetorician, and historian from Sardis in the region of Lydia in Asia Minor. His principal surviving work is the Lives of Philosophers and Sophists (; ), a collection of the biographies of 24 philosophers and sophists.
==Life== He was born at Sardis, around the year 347 AD. While still a youth, he went to Athens, where he became a pupil of Prohaeresius the rhetorician. Back in his native city, he studied under his relative, the sophist Chrysanthius. Additionally, he possessed considerable knowledge of medicine.
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