Philostratus

Φιλόστρατος

aka Lucius Flavius Philostratus

Country

Roman Empire, Roman Greece

Languages

Koine Greek

Dates

c. 170s - 240s

ancient worldgraeco-roman

…

Philostratus or Lucius Flavius Philostratus, called "the Athenian", was a Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period. His father was a minor sophist of the same name. He flourished during the reign of Septimius Severus (193–211) and died during that of Philip the Arab (244–249), probably in Tyre.