Philostratus the Younger ( grc-gre, Φιλόστρατος ὁ Νεώτερος; fl. 3rd century AD), also known as Philostratus of Lemnos, was a Greek

sophist A sophist ( el, σοφιστής, sophistes) was a teacher in ancient Greece in the fifth and fourth centuries BC. Sophists specialized in one or more subject areas, such as philosophy, rhetoric, music, athletics, and mathematics. They taught ' ...

of the

Roman imperial period The Roman imperial period is the expansion of political and cultural influence of the Roman Empire. The period begins with the reign of Augustus (), and it is taken to end variously between the late 3rd and the late 4th century, with the beginning ...

. He was author of the second series of '' Imagines'', which does not survive completely; in the preface, he praises his mother's father, who wrote the first series of ''Imagines''; this is presumably the author more commonly referred to as

Philostratus of Lemnos Philostratus of Lemnos ( grc-gre, Φιλόστρατος ὁ Λήμνιος; c. 190 – c. 230 AD), also known as Philostratus the Elder to distinguish him from Philostratus the Younger who was also from Lemnos, was a Greek sophist of the Roman imp ...

, who himself was the son-in-law of the famous sophist

Philostratus of Athens Philostratus or Lucius Flavius Philostratus (; grc-gre, Φιλόστρατος ; c. 170 – 247/250 AD), called "the Athenian", was a Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period. His father was a minor sophist of the same name. He was born probab ...

. The dating of this work, the only known activity of its author, varies between 250 and 300 AD; if the earlier date is correct, this Philostratus may well be the same man who was archon of Athens in 255 AD.Philostratus, ''Imagines'', LCL, introduction to second series; ''Brill's New Pauly'', "Philostratus .

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References

*Côté, Dominique. "La figure d'Eschine dans les Vies des sophistes de Philostrate", ''Cahiers des études anciennes'' 42 (2005), p. 389-420. *Côté, Dominique. "Les deux sophistiques de Philostrate", ''Rhetorica'' 24 (2006), 1-35. *

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*''Flavii Philostrati opera'', C. L. Kayser (edit.), 2 voll., Lipsiae, in aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1870–71
vol. 2 pp. 390-420
*''Philostratus: Imagines. Callistratus: Descriptiones'', Arthur Fairbanks (edit.), London: William Heinemann LTD, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1931
pp. 281-368
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Philostrati minoris imagines et Callistrati descriptiones
', C. Shenkl - A. Reisch (ed.), Lipsiae, in aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1902. *''Philostratorum et Callistrati opera, Eunapii vitae sophistarum, Himerii sophistae declamationes'', A. Westermann, Jo. Fr. Boissoade, Fr. Dübner (ed.), Parisiis, editore Ambrosio Firmin Didot, 1849
pp. 397-413
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