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Philostratus "the Elder" or "the Athenian" (2nd to mid-3rd c.) and Eunapius (ca. 345-415) provide fascinating intellectual and professional biographies of notable sophists that reveal their predominant influence in the educational, social, religious, and political life of the Empire in their times.

Philostrati Maioris Imagines est opus litterarium a Philostrato scriptum, quod in anno MDCCCLXXXIII editum est. In hoc libro, Philostratus imagines describit, quae in Athenis in templo Apollinis Delphici sunt. Imagines sunt deorum et heroum, qui in Graecia antiqua coluntur. Philostratus non solum imagines describit, sed etiam fabulas de deis et heroibus narrat. Hoc opus litterarium est valde importante, quia describit cultum et religionem Graecorum antiquorum.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

In his Life of Apollonius Philostratus (second to third century CE) portrays a first-century CE teacher, religious reformer, and perceived rival to Jesus. Apollonius's letters, ancient reports about him, and a letter by Eusebius (fourth century CE) that is now central to the history of Philostratus's work add to the portrait.

Philostratus's writings embody the height of the renaissance of Greek literature in the second century CE. Heroicus is a vineyard conversation about the beauty, continuing powers, and worship of the Homeric heroes. Gymnasticus is the sole surviving ancient treatise on sports, which reshapes conventional ideas about the athletic body.