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Philostratus “the Elder” or “the Athenian” (2nd to mid-3rd c.) and Eunapius (ca. 345–415) provide fascinating intellectual and professional biographies of notable sophists that reveal their predominant influence in the educational, social, religious, and political life of the Empire in their times.

Lives of the Sophists. Lives of Philosophers and

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      Publisher Harvard University Press
      Published 1 June 2023
      ISBN-13 9780674997530
      978-0674997530
      ISBN-10 0674997530
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      Dictionaries, Reference & Language Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics History Ancient history

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      Book Synopsis
      Philostratus “the Elder” or “the Athenian” (2nd to mid-3rd c.) and Eunapius (ca. 345–415) provide fascinating intellectual and professional biographies of notable sophists that reveal their predominant influence in the educational, social, religious, and political life of the Empire in their times.

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