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Libanius
Also known as Libanios
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- born. c. 314medium · Wikidata P569
- died. 393high · Wikidata P570
Pagan rhetorician of Antioch (d. c. 393), teacher of many Christians and defender of temples.
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Libanius was a teacher of rhetoric of the Sophist school in the Eastern Roman Empire. His prolific writings make him one of the best documented teachers of higher education in the ancient world and a critical source of history of the Greek East during the 4th century AD. During the rise of Christian hegemony in the later Roman Empire, he remained unconverted and in religious matters was a pagan Hellene.
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- Sixteen Letters to Julian the Apostate · Tertullian Project (Additional Fathers)Per page; Roger Pearse places his own translations in the public domain, others vary. Link only.
- Monody ---- Funeral Oration for Julian the Apostate · Tertullian Project (Additional Fathers)Per page; Roger Pearse places his own translations in the public domain, others vary. Link only.
- Monody ---- For the temple of Apollo at Daphne, destroyed by fire · Tertullian Project (Additional Fathers)Per page; Roger Pearse places his own translations in the public domain, others vary. Link only.
- Monody ---- For Nicomedia, destroyed by an earthquake · Tertullian Project (Additional Fathers)Per page; Roger Pearse places his own translations in the public domain, others vary. Link only.
- Oration 30 ---- On behalf of the temples (Pro Templis) · Tertullian Project (Additional Fathers)Per page; Roger Pearse places his own translations in the public domain, others vary. Link only.
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- Libanius · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata Q263892 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0
- Sixteen Letters to Julian the Apostate · LibaniusAccessed 2026-11-12 · Per page; Roger Pearse places his own translations in the public domain, others vary. Link only.
- Monody ---- Funeral Oration for Julian the Apostate · LibaniusAccessed 2026-11-12 · Per page; Roger Pearse places his own translations in the public domain, others vary. Link only.
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- Q263892
- VIAF 17225859
- Library of Congress n50052091
- Trismegistos author 520
- Perseus 832
- Pinakes 1662
philosophers · rhetoric · 4th-century