Libanio
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retore di lingua greca (IV secolo)
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Libanius was an Ancient Roman rhetorician and writer who lived during the Roman Empire and Low Roman Empire periods. Born in Antioch in 315, he was a student of Diophantus. He wrote in Ancient Greek and adhered to paganism. Libanius died in Antioch in 393.
His literary output includes works such as *Orationes et declamationes*, *Demosthenis, Graecorum Oratorum Principis*, and *Olynthiacae orationes tres, & Philippicae quatuor*. Other notable texts include *Libanii Monodia, sive Lamentatio svper Nicomedia terrae motu subuersa* and *A court of judicature, in imitation of Libanius*. He is also associated with the work *Ditte Candiano Della gverra Troiana*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 314
- Died
- 393
- Works
- 44
Top works
- Ditte Candiano Della gverra Troiana
- Orationes et declamationes
- Demosthenis, Graecorum Oratorum Principis, Olynthiacae orationes tres, & Philippicae quatuor
- A court of judicature, in imitation of Libanius
- Libanii Monodia, sive Lamentatio svper Nicomedia terrae motu subuersa
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Libanius
- Person.image
- File:Libanius the sophist.jpg
- Person.image_size
- 250px
- Person.caption
- Libanius as imagined in an eighteenth-century woodcut
- Person.birth_place
- Antioch, Coele-Syria
- Person.death_date
- 392 or 393 AD
- Person.death_place
- Antioch, Coele-Syria
- Person.occupation
- Teacher of rhetoric
- Person.notable_works
- Oration I, A Reply To Aristides On Behalf Of The Dancers, Lamentation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Antioch
- Place of death
- Antioch
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Religion
- paganism
- Image
- Libanius the sophist.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0315-00-00
- date of death
- 0393-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- time period
- Low Roman Empire
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- Commons category
- Libanius
- Commons Creator page
- Libanius
- P8168
- Chris Brown
- significant place
- Antioch
Sources (2)
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Article · Italiano
Libanio (in greco antico: Λιβάνιος, Libánios; in latino: Libanius; Antiochia di Siria, 314 – 394) è stato un retore siro, di lingua greca, nato in età romana ed educato secondo la scuola sofistica in un impero che stava diventando sempre più cristiano.
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