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 in | Philosophy and the Ancient Novel p. 141 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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Barkhuis
01.09.2015
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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 |
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ISBN: | 9491431897 9789491431890 |