Themistius

For Themistius Calonymus, 6th-century deacon of Alexandria and heretic, see Agnoetae.
Themistius
Θεμίστιος
Born317
Paphlagonia
(modern-day Turkey)
Diedc. 388
Constantinople
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
OfficePrefect of Constantinople

Themistius (‹See Tfd›Greek: Θεμίστιος Themistios; 317 – c. 388 AD), nicknamed Euphrades (Εὐφραδής, "eloquent"),[1] was a statesman, rhetorician and philosopher. He flourished in the reigns of Constantius II, Julian, Jovian, Valens, Gratian and Theodosius I, and he enjoyed the favour of all those emperors, notwithstanding their many differences and the fact that he himself was not a Christian. He was admitted to the senate by Constantius in 355, and he was prefect of Constantinople in 384 on the nomination of Theodosius.[2] Of his many works, thirty-three orations of his have come down to us, as well as various commentaries and epitomes of the works of Aristotle.

  1. ^ Simplicius, in Cael., C.A.G. vol. 7, p. 72, in Cat. v. 8 p. 1, in Phys. v. 9, p. 42 and v. 10, p. 968; Sophonias, Paraphr. in...de Anima, C.A.G. v. 23, p. 1.
  2. ^ Chisholm 1911.