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This book surveys a range of intersections between the fictitious biography of the sage Apollonios of Tyana by Philostratos and selected prose narratives of the imperial period. The survey considers both pagan and Christian literature and includes both parallels to the philosophical ideology of the Life of Apollonios and features that embellish and enhance the Life as a work of literature. The book’s various themes and topics are held together by a common thread: the hero’s virtue, in particular his sōphrosynē, which encapsulates not only his wise-man status but also his novelistic traits (sōphrosynē is of central importance in the Greek romance), and which contributes to the interpretation both of Apollonios as hero and of the work’s generic affinities. The characterisation of Apollonios and the contextualisation of his biography are equally served by the discussion of manifestations of erōs in the Life of Apollonios as echoes of a popular, indeed irresistible theme to the author; of travel as an intergeneric metaphor for spiritual progression; and, finally, of the sage’s relationship with the written word - a relationship that further reveals the narrative’s authenticatory interests and precarious realism. Das vorliegende Buch untersucht die umfangreichen Schnittpunkte zwischen Philostrats fiktiver Biographie des Apollonios von Tyana und ausgewählter Erzählliteratur der Kaiserzeit. Die Studie nimmt heidnische sowie christliche Literatur in den Blick und stellt Parallelen zur philosophischen Ideologie im Leben des Apollonios sowie zu Elementen her, die dieses Leben zu einem literarischen Werk ausgestalten. Die unterschiedlichen Themen des Buches durchzieht dabei wie ein roter Faden die Tugend des Helden, insbesondere seine sōphrosynē, die nicht nur seinen Status als Weiser, sondern auch seine romanhaften Züge zusammenfasst (sōphrosynē erscheint als die wichtigste Tugend der griechischen Romanhelden), und die einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Interpretation des…

Philosophers, Ancient --- Sophists (Greek philosophy) --- Philostratus, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Philosophers --- Philosophers. --- Sophists (Greek philosophy). --- History --- History. --- Life of Apollonius of Tyana (Philostratus, the Athenian). --- Greece. --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Scholars --- Philostratus, Flavius, --- Filostrat, Flaviĭ, --- Filóstrato, --- Filostrato, Flavio, --- Filostrato, --- Filostratos, Flawiusz, --- Flavio Filostrato, --- Flavius Philostratus, --- Flawiusz Filostratos, --- Philostratos, --- Philostratos, Phlauios, --- Philostratus, Flavius --- Philostratus --- Phlauios Philostratos, --- classical philology --- imperial period --- biography

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Roman grec composé par Philostrate au IIIe siècle, la Vie d’Apollonius de Tyane suscite chez les humanistes une réaction ambivalente de fascination (pour un sage pythagoricien) et de répulsion (pour un supposé rival du Christ). L’étude de la réception de ce texte, à travers les médiateurs éditoriaux (traducteurs, commentateurs, libraires…) qui le rendent accessible, est l’occasion de scruter un autre visage de la Renaissance : celui de la confrontation de l’humanisme et du paganisme. Pour certains lettrés du XVIe siècle, la Vie d’Apollonius de Tyane n’entre pas dans le cadre commun, qui voit dans les écrits philosophiques de l’Antiquité une propédeutique à la lecture des lettres sacrées (comme pour le platonisme et l’aristotélisme). Condamnée pour son affabulation romanesque comme pour sa nature païenne, la Vie d’Apollonius de Tyane est bien une œuvre sous tension qui amène à s’interroger sur les présupposés et les attentes de l’humanisme.

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Flavius Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius of Tyana (Vita Apollonii), written in the first half of the third century CE, is a key text in the cultural, literary and religious history of the Second Sophistic and of Late Antiquity. Its generic and formal diversity, its shifting cultural and historical background, as well as its protean hero, call for a multifaceted and interdisciplinary reading. Theios Sophistès is the first collection of interpretative essays on the Vita Apollonii . Leading scholars in the field and younger critics make for a combination of methodological continuity and innovation. The book is divided into two sections, one focusing on literary and philological discussions and relating the Vita to other ancient texts and genres, and one dealing with religious and philosophical aspects. The wide range of approaches and perspectives does justice to the high level of literary, historical and philosophical-religious sophistication of this text.

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