Libanius

Libanius
Libanius as imagined in an eighteenth-century woodcut
Bornc. 314 AD
Died392 or 393 AD
OccupationTeacher of rhetoric
Notable workOration I, A Reply To Aristides On Behalf Of The Dancers, Lamentation

Libanius (Greek: Λιβάνιος, translit. Libanios; c. 314–392 or 393) was a teacher of rhetoric of the Sophist school in the Eastern Roman Empire.[1] His prolific writings make him one of the best documented teachers of higher education in the ancient world and a critical source of history of the Greek East during the 4th century AD.[2] During the rise of Christian hegemony in the later Roman Empire, he remained unconverted and in religious matters was a pagan Hellene.

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Libanius" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 534.
  2. ^ Bradbury, Associate Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures Scott; Libanius; Bradbury, Scott A. (2004). Selected Letters of Libanius: From the Age of Constantius and Julian. Liverpool University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-85323-509-5.