Eunapius
Sign in to savethumb|Title page of the Vitae sophistarum of Eunapius, in Greek and Latin, 1596 Eunapius (; c. 347 – c. 420) was a Greek sophist, rhetorician, and historian from Sardis in the region of Lydia in Asia Minor. His principal surviving work is the Lives of Philosophers and Sophists (; ), a collection of the biographies of 24 philosophers and sophists.
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- Born
- approximately 345
- Died
- approximately 420
- Works
- 11
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- Vangelo di un pagano
- Il maestro dell'Imperatore
- Evnapivs sardianvs, De vitis philosophorvm et sophistarvm
- Vitae sophistarum
- The lyves, of philosophers and oratours
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- Lives of Philosophers
· 1921 · cited 14x
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- Field of work
- ancient Greek philosophy
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- date of birth
- 0349-00-00
- date of death
- 0420-00-00
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6 objects attributed to Eunapius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Eunapiu tu Sardianu Bioi philosophōn kai sophistōn : Nunc recens accedunt eiusdem auctoris Legationes, e bibliotheca Andr. Schotti Antverpiani = De vitis philosophorum et sophistarum
Eunapiu tu Sardianu Bioi philosophōn kai sophistōn : Nunc recens accedunt eiusdem auctoris Legationes, e bibliotheca Andr. Schotti Antverpiani = De vitis philosophorum et sophistarum
Eunapiu ... Bioi philosophōn kai sophistōn.. = De Vitis Philosophorvm Et Sophistarvm. Hadriano Junio Hornano interprete. Graeca c. mss. Palatinis comparata, aucta et emendata, Hieronymi Commelini opera. Nunc recens accedunt eiusd. auctoris legationes
Vitae philosophorum
Dexippi, Eunapii, Petri Patricii, Prisci, Malchi, Menandri Historiarum quae supersunt
Epitome sive compendium totius medicinae
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thumb|Title page of the Vitae sophistarum of Eunapius, in Greek and Latin, 1596 Eunapius (; c. 347 – c. 420) was a Greek sophist, rhetorician, and historian from Sardis in the region of Lydia in Asia Minor. His principal surviving work is the Lives of Philosophers and Sophists (; ), a collection of the biographies of 24 philosophers and sophists.
==Life== He was born at Sardis, around the year 347 AD. While still a youth, he went to Athens, where he became a pupil of Prohaeresius the rhetorician. Back in his native city, he studied under his relative, the sophist Chrysanthius. Additionally, he possessed considerable knowledge of medicine.