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Apollonius and the Magi (1)

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11 Language, communication, libraries and education



 		Keywords
Magi
Period
3rd century CE
Roman Empire 		Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.26:
About the Magi (in Babylon) Apollonius has said enough, to the effect that he met with them and got some instruction from them, but gave them some too before his departure. Damis does not know what kind of conversation the Master had with the Magi, since he himself was forbidden to follow when he went to them. But he does say that Apollonius visited the Magi at noon and about midnight, and that he himself once asked him, “What are the Magi like?” and he replied, “Wise, but not in every respect.” But that was later.

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Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.26

Bibliography

Jones 2005, 98-101Jones, Ch. P. Philostratus, The Life of Apollonius of Tyana. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 2005.

Amar Annus


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