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Philostratus Sophista
Philostratus Sophista
c. 170 CE–c. 245 CE · Athens
Philostratus (Flavius Philostratus, c. 170-c. 245 CE) was a Greek writer of the Second Sophistic, best known for the Life of Apollonius of Tyana and the Lives of the Sophists, which portray the great orators and teachers of his era. Several members of his family shared the name Philostratus and were also writers, which has led to long-standing uncertainty about which works belong to which man.
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AthensAttica (Greece)
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About Athens
The intellectual capital of the Greek world, where Socrates questioned in the agora and four great schools—Plato's Academy, Aristotle's Lyceum, the Stoa, and Epicurus' Garden—took root within a single square mile.
In Athens at the same time
Alcinous, Lucian of Samosata, Julius Pollux, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Philostratus the Athenian, Dexippus
Across the traditions, in Athens at the same time
In the same place & time
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Sages whose lives overlapped with Philostratus Sophista’s in the same cities, drawn from their recorded journeys.
Across the traditions
In the same tradition
Alcinous, Lucian of Samosata, Julius Pollux, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Philostratus the Athenian, Dexippus, Porphyrius
The world in their lifetime
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Thinkers and teachers of other traditions whose lives overlapped with Philostratus Sophista’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.