PHILOSTRATUS
\fˈɪləstɹˌatəs], \fˈɪləstɹˌatəs], \f_ˈɪ_l_ə_s_t_ɹ_ˌa_t_ə_s]\
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A Greek rhetorician and sophist; born in the island of Lemnos between 170 and 180 A. D.; died about 250. Of his writings five are extant: viz., "Life of Apollonius of Tyana", the famous religious impostor and thaumaturge; "Lives of the Sophists"; "Heroics"; "Images"; and "Epistles".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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