Philostratus

For other people named Philostratus, see Philostratus (disambiguation).

Philostratus or Lucius Flavius Philostratus (/fɪˈlɒstrətəs/; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Φιλόστρατος Philostratos;[1] c. 170s – 240s AD), called "the Athenian", was a Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period. His father was a minor sophist of the same name. He flourished during the reign of Septimius Severus (193–211) and died during that of Philip the Arab (244–249), probably in Tyre.[2]

  1. ^ Flavius Philostratus, Phlauiu Philostratu Bioi sophistōn, Mohr, 1838, p. xxv.
  2. ^ Anderson, Graham (2014). Philostratus (Routledge Revivals): Biography and Belles Lettres in the Third Century A.D. Routledge. pp. 1–7. ISBN 978-1-317-74717-8.