Pamprepius
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Pamprepius (, Pamprépios; Latin: Pamprepius; 29 September 440 – November 484) was a philosopher and a pagan poet who rebelled against the Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno.
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- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Place of birth
- Akhmim
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- medieval Greek
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- date of birth
- 0440-09-29
- date of death
- 0484-11-01
- time period
- Low Roman Empire
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- ethnic group
- Egyptians
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- Biography
- Education
- Collaborator of Illus
- Revolt against Zeno
- Works
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Pamprepius (, Pamprépios; Latin: Pamprepius; 29 September 440 – November 484) was a philosopher and a pagan poet who rebelled against the Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno.
Damascius described him as a brilliant poet, Malchus as an acute politician, but ugly, arrogant, unscrupulous and treacherous. Rhetorius, an Egyptian astrologer, called him a charlatan and a libertine. He has been compared to Claudian, as both these poets enjoyed eight years of political power at the side of usurpers. He is considered the last Roman pagan poet.
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