| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Women in antiquity |
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Women in antiquity.
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| Contents |
Sosipatra as a child and student -- Sosipatra as a wife, mother, and widow -- Sosipatra as teacher -- Sosipatra as theurgist and oracle |
| Summary |
"The story of Sosipatra of Pergamum (fourth century CE) as told by her biographer, Eunapius of Sardis in his Lives of the Philosophers and Sophists, is a remarkable tale. It is the story of an elite young girl from the area of Ephesus, who was educated by traveling spirits (daemons), and who grew up to lead her own philosophy school on the west coast of ancient Asia Minor. She was also a prophet of sorts, channeling divine messages to her students, family, and friends, capable of mentally viewing events that were happening in other locations, and foretelling the future. This volume is the first sustained, book-length, attempt to tell the story of this mysterious woman. It presents a rich contextualization of the brief, sketchy, and highly fictionalized portrait provided by Eunapius"--Publisher's description |
| Notes |
Includes a new translation by Robert Nau of the passages in the Lives of the Philosophers and Sophists that relate to Sosipatra's story |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholraship Online, viewed on August 20, 2021) |
| Subject |
Sosipatra.
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Women philosophers -- Turkey -- Biography
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Philosophers, Ancient -- Biography
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Sophists (Greek philosophy) -- Biography
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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Philosophers, Ancient
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Philosophy, Ancient
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Sophists (Greek philosophy)
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Women philosophers
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Turkey
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nau, Robert (Classics scholar), translator.
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Container of (expression) Eunapius, approximately 345-approximately 420.
Vitae sophistarum. Selections. English
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| ISBN |
0197571247 |
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9780197571255 |
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0197571255 |
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9780197571248 |
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