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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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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Libanius name Libanius
Julian the Apostate teacher Libanius