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Philostratus the Younger (Greek: Φιλόστρατος ὁ Νεώτερος; fl. 3rd century AD), also known as Philostratus of Lemnos, was a Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period. 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, who himself was the son-in-law of the famous sophist Philostratus of Athens. 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.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Philostratus, Imagines, LCL, introduction to second series; Brill's New Pauly, "Philostratus [8]".

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.
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Philostratus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

 Greek Wikisource has original text related to this article: Φιλόστρατος ο νεώτερος