Apollonius of Tyana Philosopher

Apollonius of Tyana (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τυανεύς; c. 15 – c. 100 CE) was a Greek Neopythagorean philosopher from the town of Tyana in the Roman province of Cappadocia in Asia Minor. Little is known about him with certainty. Being a 1st-century orator and philosopher around the time of Christ, he was compared with Jesus of Nazareth by Christians in the 4th century and by various popular writers in modern times.

Personal facts

Apollonius of Tyana
Era
Ancient philosophy
Main interest
Occult
Pythagoreanism

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Philosopher

influenced
Philostratus
influenced by
Pythagoras
philosophical school
Hellenistic philosophy

Apollonius of Tyana on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.livius.org/ap-ark/apollonius/apollonius01.html
  2. http://www.livius.org/ap-ark/apollonius/life/va_00.html
  3. http://www.mountainman.com.au/apollonius_of_tyana.htm
  4. http://www.xs4all.nl/~flinterm/Power-Paideia-Pythagoreanism.html