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Apollonius and the eunuch (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Eunuch governors 08 Administrative systems 08.01 Royal court 08.01.02 Royal entourage 08.01.02.03 Eunuchs 08.01.02.03.02 Eunuch governors Wines 07 Crafts and economy 07.05 Food production 07.05.04 Viticulture and brewing 07.05.04.02 Wines	Keywords eunuchs
Period 3rd century CE Roman Empire	Channel Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.21:
When Apollonius declined the money, the eunuch said, “Well, at least take a jar of Babylonian wine, which the king drinks when toasting us ten governors.”

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Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.21

Bibliography

Jones 2005, 82-85

Jones, Ch. P. Philostratus, The Life of Apollonius of Tyana. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 2005.

Amar Annus

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