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 7

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

Emperor Julian ⓘ
linked to: Julian the Apostate

Emperor Theodosius I ⓘ
linked to: Theodosius I
correspondedWith Emperor Julian ⓘ
linked to: Julian the Apostate

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 ⓘ
notableWork Autobiography (Oration 1) ⓘ
Letters ⓘ
Orations ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
orator ⓘ
rhetorician ⓘ
sophist ⓘ
teacher of rhetoric ⓘ
placeOfActivity Antioch ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
Nicomedia ⓘ
positionHeld chair of rhetoric at Antioch ⓘ
religion paganism ⓘ
student Basil of Caesarea ⓘ
John Chrysostom ⓘ
John of Antioch (later bishop) ⓘ
linked to: John of Antioch
taughtAt Antioch ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
Nicomedia ⓘ
workCountApproximate over 1500 letters ⓘ
over 60 orations ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Libanius → name → Libanius ⓘ
Julian the Apostate → teacher → Libanius ⓘ
Orations → author → Libanius ⓘ
Julian II → studiedUnder → Libanius ⓘ