Priscus of Epirus
Priscus of Epirus(Greek:Πρίσκος;c. 305 – c. 395 AD), also known asPriscus theThesprotian(Greek:Πρίσκος ὁ Θεσπρωτὸς) andPriscus theMolossian(Greek:Πρίσκος ὁ Μολοσσός),[1]was aNeoplatonistphilosopherandtheurgist,a colleague ofMaximus of Ephesus,and a friend of the emperorJulian.
Priscus was a pupil ofAedesiusinPergamon,and later went to teach inAthens,where he taughtJulian.[2]When Julian was inGaul,he wrote to Priscus in the hope of acquiring the writings ofIamblichuson theChaldean Oracles.[3]When Julian was proclaimed Caesar he summoned Priscus to Gaul, and he took him with him toConstantinoplewhen he became Augustus in 361.[4]Priscus and Maximus travelled with Julian on campaign inPersia,and they were with him when he died in 363.[5]Sometime after the death of Julian, Priscus was arrested but eventually freed, avoiding the fate of Maximus who was executed in 371.[6]Priscus returned toAthenswhere he continued to teach for more than thirty years.[7]
References[edit]
- ^Eunapius, Lives of the Philosophers and Sophists, 429
- ^Jacques Brunschwig, Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd, Pierre Pellegrin, (2000),Greek thought: a guide to classical knowledge,page 910. Harvard University Press
- ^Glen Warren Bowersock, (1997),Julian the Apostate,pages 29-30. Harvard University Press
- ^K. Staikos, (2007),The history of the library in Western civilization, Volume 3,page 76.
- ^Negri Gaetano, (2009),Julian the Apostate,page 210. BiblioBazaar
- ^Dominic J. O'Meara, (2005),Platonopolis: Platonic Political Philosophy in Late Antiquity,page 19. Oxford University Press.
- ^M. V. Sakellariou, (1997),Epirus, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization,page 158.
External links[edit]
- .Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 22 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 361.
- Eunapius,Lives of the Sophists: Priscus
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