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'''Eunapius''' ({{lang-el|Εὐνάπιος}}) was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[sophist]] and [[historian]] of the 4th century. |
'''Eunapius''' ({{lang-el|Εὐνάπιος}}) was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[sophist]] and [[historian]] of the 4th century. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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He was born at [[Sardis]], AD 347. In his native city he studied under his relative, the [[Sophism|sophist]] [[Chrysanthius]], and while still a youth went to [[Athens]], where he became a favourite pupil of [[Prohaeresius]] the [[rhetoric]]ian. He possessed considerable knowledge of medicine. In his later years he seems to have lived at [[Athens]], teaching rhetoric. Initiated into the [[Eleusinian Mysteries]], he was admitted into the college of the [[Eumolpidae]] and became [[hierophant]]. There is evidence that he was still living in the reign of the younger [[Theodosius II|Theodosius]]. |
He was born at [[Sardis]], AD 347. In his native city he studied under his relative, the [[Sophism|sophist]] [[Chrysanthius]], and while still a youth went to [[Athens]], where he became a favourite pupil of [[Prohaeresius]] the [[rhetoric]]ian. He possessed considerable knowledge of medicine. In his later years he seems to have lived at [[Athens]], teaching rhetoric. Initiated into the [[Eleusinian Mysteries]], he was admitted into the college of the [[Eumolpidae]] and became [[hierophant]]. There is evidence that he was still living in the reign of the younger [[Theodosius II|Theodosius]]. |
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Eunapius was the author of two works, one entitled ''[[Lives of the Sophists]]'', and the other consisting of a continuation of the history of [[Dexippus]]. The former work is still extant; of the latter only excerpts remain, but the facts are largely incorporated in the work of [[Zosimus]]. It embraced the history of events from AD 270–404. |
Eunapius was the author of two works, one entitled ''[[Lives of the Sophists]]'', and the other consisting of a continuation of the history of [[Dexippus]]. The former work is still extant; of the latter only excerpts remain, but the facts are largely incorporated in the work of [[Zosimus]]. It embraced the history of events from AD 270–404. |
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The ''Lives of the Sophists'', a collection of the [[biography|biographies]] of twenty-three older and contemporary [[philosopher]]s and sophists of the author, is valuable as the only source for the history of the [[ |
The ''Lives of the Sophists'', a collection of the [[biography|biographies]] of twenty-three older and contemporary [[philosopher]]s and sophists of the author, is valuable as the only source for the history of the [[]] of that period. The style of both works is marked by a spirit of bitter hostility to [[Christianity]]. [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photius]] had before him a "new edition" of the history in which the passages most offensive to Christians were omitted. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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*history fragments in [[CW Müller]], ''Fragmenta Hist. Graecorum'', iv. |
*history fragments in [[CW Müller]], ''Fragmenta Hist. Graecorum'', iv. |
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*[[Victor Cousin|V Cousin]], ''Fragments philosophiques'' (1865), translation: W. C. Wright in the [[Loeb Classical Library]] edition of [[Philostratus]] ''Lives of the Sophists'' (1921).</small> |
*[[Victor Cousin|V Cousin]], ''Fragments philosophiques'' (1865), translation: W. C. Wright in the [[Loeb Classical Library]] edition of [[Philostratus]] ''Lives of the Sophists'' (1921).</small> |
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==Further reading== |
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* [http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/30_20_0300-0400-_Eunapius_Sardianus.html Greek Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Graeca with Analytical Indexes] |
* [http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/30_20_0300-0400-_Eunapius_Sardianus.html Greek Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Graeca with Analytical Indexes] |
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*[[Plethon]] |
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Revision as of 23:33, 18 December 2010
Eunapius (Template:Lang-el; fl. 4th-5th century) was a Greek sophist and historian of the 4th century. His principle surviving work is the Lives of the Sophists, a collection of the biographies of twenty-three philosophers and sophists.
Life
He was born at Sardis, AD 347. In his native city he studied under his relative, the sophist Chrysanthius, and while still a youth went to Athens, where he became a favourite pupil of Prohaeresius the rhetorician. He possessed considerable knowledge of medicine. In his later years he seems to have lived at Athens, teaching rhetoric. Initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries, he was admitted into the college of the Eumolpidae and became hierophant. There is evidence that he was still living in the reign of the younger Theodosius.
Writing
Eunapius was the author of two works, one entitled Lives of the Sophists, and the other consisting of a continuation of the history of Dexippus. The former work is still extant; of the latter only excerpts remain, but the facts are largely incorporated in the work of Zosimus. It embraced the history of events from AD 270–404.
The Lives of the Sophists, a collection of the biographies of twenty-three older and contemporary philosophers and sophists of the author, is valuable as the only source for the history of the Neoplatonism of that period. The style of both works is marked by a spirit of bitter hostility to Christianity. Photius had before him a "new edition" of the history in which the passages most offensive to Christians were omitted.
References
- Edition of the Lives by JF Boissonade (1822), with notes by D Wyttenbach
- history fragments in CW Müller, Fragmenta Hist. Graecorum, iv.
- V Cousin, Fragments philosophiques (1865), translation: W. C. Wright in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Philostratus Lives of the Sophists (1921).
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Further reading
- Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists. Eunapius, Lives of the Philosophers and Sophists. Translated by Wilmer C. Wright. 1921. Loeb Classical Library. ISBN 9780674991491