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 Philostratus Quotes
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 Drink to me with thine eyes alone; or if thou wilt, having put it to thy lips, fill the cup with kisses, and so give it me. I, whenever I see thee, thirst, and holding the cup, apply it to my lips more for thy sake than for... 
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 Philostratus Information
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Philostratus, was the name of four Greek sophists of the Roman imperial...
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 The Journal of the American Oriental Society Flavius Philostratus: On Heroes.(Book review)
01/01/2005: 854 words, approx. 3 pages Flavius Philostratus: On Heroes. Translated by JENNIFER K. BERENSON MACLEAN and ELLEN BRAD-SHAW AITKIN. Writings from the Greco-Roman World, vol. 3. Atlanta: SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE, 2003. Pp. 1xxxv + 187. $24.95 (paper). The Heroikos, Philostratus' fictional dialogue about what really happened at... summary from source:
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 Critical Essay by G. W. Bowersock
8,036 words, approx. 27 pages
In the following essay, Bowersock discusses Philostratus's notion of the “sophistic,” characterizing his writing as a “reliable evocation of a grand baroque age.”
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Critical Essay by Christopher P. Jones
5,940 words, approx. 20 pages
In the following essay, Jones examines the social and historical background of the events described in the Heroikos, first summarizing the work and then focusing on the date of composition, geographical setting, and the views expressed in it regarding heroes.
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Critical Essay by Christopher Jones
2,879 words, approx. 10 pages
In the following essay, Jones argues that a passage from Philostratus's Heroikos can help identify an emperor mentioned in a treatise by Pausanias; the critic claims that the man described is in fact Lucius Verus.
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