Φιλόστρατος

Philostratus, Philostratos

Translated by Malcolm Heath23 Mar 1999Vetting: high3 revisions

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Translation

Son of Nervianus (the nephew of the second Philostratus); of Lemnos. Also himself a sophist. He taught in Athens, but died and was buried in Lemnos. He was a pupil and son-in-law of the second Philostratus. He wrote Images; Panathenaicus; Troicus; Paraphrase of Homer's Shield; 5 declamations. Some also attribute the Lives of the Sophists to him.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φιλόστρατος, Νερβιανοῦ, ἀδελφόπαιδος Φιλοστράτου τοῦ δευτέρου, Λήμνιος, καὶ αὐτὸς σοφιστής· καὶ παιδεύσας ἐν Ἀθήναις, τελευτήσας δὲ καὶ ταφεὶς ἐν Λήμνῳ, ἀκουστής τε καὶ γαμβρὸς γεγονὼς τοῦ δευτέρου Φιλοστράτου. ἔγραψεν Εἰκόνας, Παναθηναϊκόν, Τρωϊκόν, Παράφρασιν τῆς Ὁμήρου Ἀσπίδος, μελέτας εʹ, τινὲς δὲ καὶ τοὺς τῶν σοφιστῶν βίους ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἀναφέρουσι.

Betacode
*filo/stratos, *nerbianou=, a)delfo/paidos *filostra/tou tou= deute/rou, *lh/mnios, kai\ au)to\s sofisth/s: kai\ paideu/sas e)n *)aqh/nais, teleuth/sas de\ kai\ tafei\s e)n *lh/mnw|, a)kousth/s te kai\ gambro\s gegonw\s tou= deute/rou *filostra/tou. e)/grayen *ei)ko/nas, *panaqhnai+ko/n, *trwi+ko/n, *para/frasin th=s *(omh/rou *)aspi/dos, mele/tas e#, tine\s de\ kai\ tou\s tw=n sofistw=n bi/ous e)p' au)to\n a)nafe/rousi. 

Notes

  1. RE Philostratos(10). For the great-uncle and father-in-law see [phi 421] Philostratus.

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Revision history3 revisions · last 11 Dec 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Malcolm Heath

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