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Philostratus

170 - 250

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Philostratus or Lucius Flavius Philostratus (; Greek: Φιλόστρατος Philostratos; c. 170s – 240s AD), called "the Athenian", was a Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period. His father was a minor sophist of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philostratus has received more than 258,150 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Philostratus is the 862nd most popular writer (up from 884th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Greece (up from 214th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Greek Writer.

Philostratus was a Greek sophist and author of the Life of Apollonius of Tyana, a biography of the Pythagorean philosopher Apollonius of Tyana, who is said to have lived from c. 15 – c. 100 AD.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.35

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  • 2.35

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Notable Works

Philostratus, Imagines
1931
Philostratus the Elder, Imagines. Philostratus the Younger, Imagines. Callistratus, Descriptions. (Loeb Classical Library No. 256)
1931
The lives of the sophists
Sophists (Greek philosophy)
1921
Philostratus and Eunapius
Eunapius
1922
The life of Apollonius of Tyana
Religion
1549
Les images (The Renaissance and the gods)
1976

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Among writers, Philostratus ranks 862 out of 7,302. Before him are Jan Neruda, Ibn al-Jawzi, Ernesto Sabato, Iris Murdoch, John Fante, and Ambrose Bierce. After him are Peter Weiss, Frederick Forsyth, Aziz Nesin, Wilkie Collins, Bernard-Henri Lévy, and Zeami Motokiyo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 170, Philostratus ranks 3. Before him are Ulpian, and Pupienus. After him are Guo Jia, Hippolytus of Rome, Herodian, and Pang De. Among people deceased in 250, Philostratus ranks 4. Before him are Nagarjuna, Pope Fabian, and Denis. After him are Herodian, Cai Yan, Saint Mercurius, Aryadeva, Aristides Quintilianus, Censorinus, and Licinianus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Philostratus ranks 205 out of 1,024. Before him are Telamon (null), Bacchylides (-490), Calchas (null), Caranus of Macedon (-900), Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869), and Gotse Delchev (1872). After him are Cleomenes III (-260), Stilpo (-359), Thessalonike of Macedon (-352), Andreas Papandreou (1919), Prokopis Pavlopoulos (1950), and Antiochus V Eupator (-173).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Philostratus ranks 25. Before him are Agathias (536), Longus (110), Aelia Eudocia (401), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Odysseas Elytis (1911), and Bacchylides (-490). After him are Lafcadio Hearn (1850), Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), Corinna (-501), Jean Moréas (1856), Agathon (-448), and Lycophron (-320).

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