Apollonios of Tyana and the Gymnoi of Ethiopia

Lucius Flavius Philostratos’Life of Apollonios of Tyana(VA) presents itself as the biography of a wonder-working sage from a small town in Asia Minor who travels almost the length and breadth of the Roman empire in the first century CE, encountering emperors and philosophers, performing miracles, an...

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Published inPhilosophy and the Ancient Novel p. 141
Main Author Gary Reger
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Barkhuis 01.09.2015
Subjects
Ancient philosophy
Applied sciences
Armed forces
Arts
Communications
Earth sciences
Eastern philosophy
Emperors
Engineering
Geography
Geomorphology
Government
Government officials
Heads of state
Historical methodology
Historiography
History
History of philosophy
Landforms
Metaphilosophy
Military personnel
Military science
Monarchs
Mountains
Narratives
Philosophy
Physical sciences
Plastic arts
Political science
Presocratic philosophy
Pythagoreanism
Rhetoric
Schools of rhetoric
Sculpture
Sculpture in the round
Social sciences
Soldiers
Sophistry
Statues
Tectonic landforms
Transportation
Travel
Visual arts
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Summary:Lucius Flavius Philostratos’Life of Apollonios of Tyana(VA) presents itself as the biography of a wonder-working sage from a small town in Asia Minor who travels almost the length and breadth of the Roman empire in the first century CE, encountering emperors and philosophers, performing miracles, and confounding his enemies. Philostratos claims to have derived his knowledge of Apollonios’ travels from the memoir of one Damis, a native of Hieropolis; Damis’ account is especially crucial for the parts of Apollonios’ journeys set outside the boundaries of the empire, in India and, in the episode dealt with here, in Ethiopia
ISBN:9491431897
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