Priscus of Epirus

Priscus of Epirus (c. 305 – c. 395 AD) was a Neoplatonist philosopher and theurgist, a colleague of Maximus of Ephesus, and a friend of the emperor Julian.

Priscus was a pupil of Aedesius in Pergamon, and later went to teach in Athens, where he taught Julian.[1] When Julian was in Gaul, he wrote to Priscus in the hope of acquiring the writings of Iamblichus on the Chaldean Oracles.[2] When Julian was proclaimed Caesar he summoned Priscus to Gaul, and he took him with him to Constantinople when he became Augustus in 361.[3] Priscus and Maximus travelled with Julian on campaign in Persia, and they were with him when he died in 363.[4] Sometime after the death of Julian, Priscus was arrested but eventually freed, avoiding the fate of Maximus who was executed in 371.[5] Priscus returned to Athens where he continued to teach for more than thirty years.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Jacques Brunschwig, Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd, Pierre Pellegrin, (2000), Greek thought: a guide to classical knowledge, page 910. Harvard University Press
  2. ↑ Glen Warren Bowersock, (1997), Julian the Apostate, pages 29-30. Harvard University Press
  3. ↑ K. Staikos, (2007), The history of the library in Western civilization, Volume 3, page 76.
  4. ↑ Negri Gaetano, (2009), Julian the Apostate, page 210. BiblioBazaar
  5. ↑ Dominic J. O'Meara, (2005), Platonopolis: Platonic Political Philosophy in Late Antiquity, page 19. Oxford University Press.
  6. ↑ M. V. Sakellariou, (1997), Epirus, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization, page 158.

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