Themistius
Sign in to saveThemistius ( ; 317 – c. 388 AD), nicknamed Euphrades (, "eloquent"), was a statesman, rhetorician and philosopher. He flourished in the reigns of Constantius II, Julian, Jovian, Valens, Gratian and Theodosius I, and he enjoyed the favour of all those emperors, notwithstanding their many differences and the fact that he himself was not a Christian. He was admitted to the senate by Constantius in 355, and he was prefect of Constantinople in 384 on the nomination of Theodosius. Of his many works, thirty-three orations of his have come down to us, as well as various commentaries and epitomes of th
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- Born
- 0317-01-01
- Died
- 0388-01-01
- Works
- 108
Top works
- In Aristotelis Physica paraphrasis
- Extrait de "L'oeuvre de Dieu manifesté par l'art" ...
- Themistiou Logoi 33
- Eis ton autou patera ; Basanistēs ē philosophos
- Themistii philosophi Oratio in eos a qvibvs ob praefectvram svsceptam fverat vitvperatvs
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4 total works indexed
- The Private Orations of Themistius
· 2000 · cited 3x
- Pars V: Themistii in Aristotelis Metaphysicorum librum L paraphrasis hebraice et latine. Pars VI: Themastii (Saphoniae) in Parva naturalia commentarium
· 1903
- Politics, Philosophy and Empire in the Fourth Century
· 2001
- Oration XIX “On the philanthropy of Emperor Theodosius”
· 2022
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Themistius
- Person.native_name
- Θεμίστιος
- Person.native_name_lang
- grc
- Person.birth_date
- 317
- Person.birth_place
- Paphlagonia(modern-day Turkey)
- Person.death_date
- c. 388
- Person.death_place
- Constantinople(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
- Person.office
- Prefect of Constantinople
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 317
- Died
- 1 January 388
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Paphlagonia
- Place of death
- Constantinople
- Occupation
- logician
- Position held
- praetor
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Religion
- ancient Roman religion
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Themistius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Themistius ( ; 317 – c. 388 AD), nicknamed Euphrades (, "eloquent"), was a statesman, rhetorician and philosopher. He flourished in the reigns of Constantius II, Julian, Jovian, Valens, Gratian and Theodosius I, and he enjoyed the favour of all those emperors, notwithstanding their many differences and the fact that he himself was not a Christian. He was admitted to the senate by Constantius in 355, and he was prefect of Constantinople in 384 on the nomination of Theodosius. Of his many works, thirty-three orations of his have come down to us, as well as various commentaries and epitomes of the works of Aristotle.
==Early life== Themistius was born in Paphlagonia and taught at the Colchian Academy in Phasis. Several of his orations mention his father Eugenius, a distinguished philosopher from whom he received supplemental training. Themistius devoted himself chiefly to Aristotle, though he also studied Pythagoreanism and Platonism. His early commentaries on Aristotle were published without his consent and won him a high reputation. After passing his youth in Asia Minor and Syria, Themistius met Constantius II during the emperor's visit to Ancyra in Galatia in 347. On this occasion Themistius delivered his first extant oration, Peri Philanthropias.
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