Of Gadara. Sophist. Begotten (so the story has it) by Pan. A pupil of Heraclides of Lycia in Smyrna, and then of Basilicus in Nicomedia. He was sophist in Athens under the emperor Maximian, and was awarded consular…
Ἀψίνης, Γαδαρεὺς, σοφιστὴς, σπαρεὶς, ὡς λόγος, ἐκ Πανός· μαθητεύσας δὲ ἐν Σμύρνῃ Ἡρακλείδῃ τῷ Λυκίῳ, εἶτα Βασιλικῷ ἐν Νικομηδείᾳ, ἐσοφίστευσεν Ἀθήνησι, βασιλεύοντος Μαξιμιανοῦ,…