Historiae de vita Apollonij libri VIII [Latin trsl. from the Greek] Alemannus Rhinuccinus [and] EUSEBIUS - Adversus Hieroclem [Latin trsl. Zenobius Acciolus]. Apollonius of Tyana (b. ca. 170 A.D.) was a Neopythagorean sage at the beginning of the...
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Christian era, of whose wanderings to India, ascetic teachings and miraculous powers we only have Philostratus’s account, which has been successively admired and dismissed as a fraud from the time of its writing. Hierocles of Nicomedia had drawn parallels between Apollonius and Christ, which provoked this reply from Eusebius. Printed in italics. Old notes (cropped). Libr. stamps. Ref. VD-16 P-2501. Adams P-1069. Hoffmann III:238-239.
Joined : Id. - Idem. Paris, (B. Prevost for) G. Cavellat, 1555, 16mo, old blindruled vellum (loose at end), [32]-634 (= 640) pp. (a bit cut short). Good copy. Rare Paris repr. Ref. Renouard III:302 & Cavellat 78-79. Pettegree FB 82837. Cp. Adams P-1070 (Gourbin issue). (2 vol.)
Joined : Id. - Idem. Paris, (B. Prevost for) G. Cavellat, 1555, 16mo, old blindruled vellum (loose at end), [32]-634 (= 640) pp. (a bit cut short). Good copy. Rare Paris repr. Ref. Renouard III:302 & Cavellat 78-79. Pettegree FB 82837. Cp. Adams P-1070 (Gourbin issue). (2 vol.)
