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100 1 _aFlinterman, Jaap-Jan,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPower, Paideia & Pythagoreanism :
_bGreek Identity, Conceptions of the Relationship between Philosophers and Monarchs and Political Ideas in Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius /
_cJan-Jaap Flinterman.
246 3 _aGreek Identity, Conceptions of the Relationship between Philosophers and Monarchs and Political Ideas in Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius
264 1 _aLeiden ;
_aBoston :
_bBrill,
_c1995.
264 4 _c©1995
300 _a1 online resource (288 pages) :
_billustrations.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aClassical Studies - Book Archive pre-2000
490 1 _aDutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology ;
_v13
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _tPreliminary Material /
_rJaap-Jan Flinterman -- Introduction /
_rJaap-Jan Flinterman -- The Writer /
_rJaap-Jan Flinterman -- The Main Character /
_rJaap-Jan Flinterman -- Greek Self-Awareness in the Vita Apollonii /
_rJaap-Jan Flinterman -- Philosophers and Rulers in the Vita Apollonii /
_rJaap-Jan Flinterman -- Conclusions /
_rJaap-Jan Flinterman -- Abbreviations /
_rJaap-Jan Flinterman -- Editions of Ancient Authors /
_rJaap-Jan Flinterman -- Bibliography /
_rJaap-Jan Flinterman -- Index of Sources /
_rJaap-Jan Flinterman -- Index of Persons, Historical and Fictional, Human and Divine /
_rJaap-Jan Flinterman.
520 _aThe Athenian sophist Philostratus completed a romanticised biography of Apollonius of Tyana in the second or third decade of the third century A.D. One of the most striking aspects of the presentation of this firstcentury Pythagorean sage and miracleworker in the Vita Apollonii (VA) is his role as 'politically active philosopher'. Not only does the protagonist of the VA regularly intervene in situa-tions of conflict in Greek cities and instruct their citi-zens on how they ought to live together, but he also appears in contact with Parthian and Indian kings and Roman emperors. The present study deals with this promi-nent facet of Philostratus' portrait of the Tyanean sage. There are three main issues. The first is the question of the extent to which the Apollonius tradition provided support for the image of the contacts of the protagonist of the VA with cities and monarchs. The second is consideration of how the author dealt with and elaborated these elements in his source material. The third is the question of to what extent the protagonist of the VA may be regarded as a spokesman for the explicit political views of Philostratus. In other words, the aim is to analyse the image of the protagonist of the VA as a 'politically active philosopher' as the result of the interaction between the traditions associated with a sage and miracleworker who was regarded as a representative of Pythagorean wisdom, on the one hand, and the paideia, cultural baggage and mentality of a sophist, on the other.
546 _aEnglish
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aEducation.
650 0 _aLegitimation.
650 0 _aPolitical science
_xPhilosophy.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tPower, Paideia & Pythagoreanism : Greek Identity, Conceptions of the Relationship between Philosophers and Monarchs and Political Ideas in Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius.
_dLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 1995.
_z9789050632362
_w(OCoLC)33998826
_w(DLC) 96102342
830 0 _aClassical Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.
830 0 _aDutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology ;
_v13.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004525740
999 _c19356
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