یوناپیوس
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 and wrote in Ancient Greek. His field of work focused on ancient Greek philosophy, and he adhered to polytheism. He studied under Chrysanthius and Prohaeresius.
He died in 420. His works have been described by sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum. He produced six works.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Sardis
- Occupation
- biographer
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Religion
- polytheism
- Student of
- Prohaeresius
- Field of work
- ancient Greek philosophy
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- date of birth
- 0349-00-00
- date of death
- 0420-00-00
- time period
- Roman Empire
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Eunapius
- Commons Creator page
- Eunapius
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to یوناپیوس, 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
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