Eunapius

Eunapius

Eunapius was a Greek sophist and historian of the 4th century.

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 written in AD 405 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).

External links

* [http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/eunapius_02_text.htm English translation of the "Lives of the Sophists"] from the [http://www.tertullian.org/fathers Tertullian Project] .
* [http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/30_20_0300-0400-_Eunapius_Sardianus.html Greek Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Graeca with Analytical Indexes]

ee also

*Plethon


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Eunapius — ist die latinisierte Form des Namens des Philosophen Eunapios von Sardes eine Gattung der Schwämme, siehe Eunapius (Gattung) mit dem Afrikanischen Süßwasserschwamm (Eunapius carteri) Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • EUNAPIUS — Sardianus, sub Valentiniano, Valente, et Gratiano, sophista, medicus, ac historicus insignis, Proaeresii discipulus, ac affinis Chrysanthli, quippe qui Eunapius impulsu huius Chrysanthii scripsit de vitis Sophistarum, opus elegans ac venustum,… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Eunapius — ▪ Greek historian born c. 345, , Sardis, Lydia died c. 420       Greek rhetorician and historiographer whose Lives of the Philosophers and Sophists is important as a source of information on contemporary Neoplatonists (edited with Latin… …   Universalium

  • Eunapius — Eunape Eunape, Eunapius, est un professeur de rhétorique (vers 346 414) originaire de Sardes en Asie mineure. À l âge de seize ans, il alla étudier à Athènes, chez un sophiste chrétien l arménien Prohaeresius. Parent et disciple de l éclectique… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Eunapius von Sardes — Eunapios von Sardes (latinisiert Eunapius; * 345/346[1] in Sardes; † nach 414[2]) war ein spätantiker Historiker. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben und Werk 2 Textausgaben 3 Literatur …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • ЕВНАПИЙ —    • Eunapius,          Ευνάπιος, греческий ритор во второй половине 4 в. от Р. X., враг христианства, написал напыщенным слогом βίοι φιλοσόφων και σοφιστω̃ν, биографии 23 софистов своего времени (лучшее издание Буассоннада в 1822 г., в 2 х т.)… …   Реальный словарь классических древностей

  • Eunapios von Sardes — (griechisch Εὐνάπιος Eunápios, latinisiert Eunapius; * im Zeitraum 347–349 in Sardes; † nach 414) war ein spätantiker Philosoph (Neuplatoniker), Geschichtsschreiber und Rhetoriklehrer. Das soziale Umfeld, dem er entstammte und in dem er sich …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Eunap — Eunapios von Sardes (latinisiert Eunapius; * 345/346[1] in Sardes; † nach 414[2]) war ein spätantiker Historiker. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben und Werk 2 Textausgaben 3 Literatur …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Eunapios — von Sardes (latinisiert Eunapius; * 345/346[1] in Sardes; † nach 414[2]) war ein spätantiker Historiker. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben und Werk 2 Textausgaben 3 Literatur …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Maximus of Ephesus — (c.310 372) was a Neoplatonist philosopher. He is said to have come from a rich family, and exercised great influence over the emperor Julian, who was commended to him by Aedesius. He pandered to the emperor s love of magic and theurgy, and by… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”