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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- Born
- approximately 345
- Died
- approximately 420
- Works
- 11
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- Vangelo di un pagano
- Il maestro dell'Imperatore
- Evnapivs sardianvs, De vitis philosophorvm et sophistarvm
- Vitae sophistarum
- The lyves, of philosophers and oratours
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- Lives of Philosophers
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- Born
- 349
- Died
- 420
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Sardis
- Occupation
- orator
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Religion
- polytheism
- Student of
- Prohaeresius
- Field of work
- ancient Greek philosophy
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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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