Libanius

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Libanius was a prominent 4th-century Greek sophist and rhetorician of Antioch, renowned for his influential teaching and extensive corpus of speeches and letters.

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Libanius canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek sophist
author
letter writer
orator
rhetorician
teacher
birthPlace Antioch
citizenship Roman Empire
contemporaryOf Constantius II
surface form: Emperor Constantius II

Julian the Apostate
surface form: Emperor Julian

Theodosius I
surface form: Emperor Theodosius I
correspondedWith Julian the Apostate
surface form: Emperor Julian

various provincial governors
educatedAt Athens
era Late Antiquity
ethnicGroup Greek
floruit 4th century
genre declamation
epistolography
panegyric
rhetoric
school exercises
knownFor defense of traditional Hellenic religion
detailed testimony on late Roman society
extensive corpus of speeches and letters
influential rhetorical school at Antioch
language Ancient Greek
movement Second Sophistic
name Libanius self-link
notableWork Autobiography (Oration 1)
Letters
Orations
occupation author
orator
rhetorician
sophist
teacher of rhetoric
placeOfActivity Antioch
Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople

Nicomedia (traditionally)
surface form: Nicomedia
positionHeld chair of rhetoric at Antioch
religion paganism
student Basil of Caesarea
John Chrysostom
John of Antioch
surface form: John of Antioch (later bishop)
taughtAt Antioch
Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople

Nicomedia (traditionally)
surface form: Nicomedia
workCountApproximate over 1500 letters
over 60 orations

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Libanius name Libanius self-link
Julian the Apostate teacher Libanius