Late Antique Historiography

Life of Apollonius of Tyana

Title(s):
  • Life of Apollonius of Tyana
  • Βίος ᾽Απολλωνίου τοῦ Τυανέως
    (Bios Apollōniou tou Tuaneōs, Life of Apollonius of Tyana)
Author:
Period covered:
1st c.
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Biography (general)
  • Poetry (general)
Remarks:
Since the Suda calls Soterichos as an epic poet (T1: ἐποποιός), Radicke (1999: 254-257) suggested that his Life of Apollonius was an epic poem too.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • L. Focanti (forthcoming) ‘The tetrarchs and the poet: Contextualizing the fragments of Soterichus of Oasis’. In: Les historiens grecs fragmentaires d’époque impériale et tardive, ed. E. Amato - P. de Cicco - B. Lançon - T. Moreau. Rennes.
  • P. Janiszewski (2006) The missing link: Greek pagan historiography in the second half of the third century and in the fourth century A.D. Warsaw.
  • J. Radicke (1999) Imperial and undated authors (Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker, IVA.7). Leiden-Boston-Köln, no. 1080 (= 641).