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EGEA (Ancient city) TURKEY
Antiochus (Antiochos), of Aegae in Cilicia, a sophist, or as he himself pretended
to be, a Cynic philosopher. He flourished about A. D. 200, during the reign of
Severus and Caracalla. He belonged to a distinguished family, some members of
which were afterwards raised to the consulship at Rome. He took no part in the
political affairs of his native place, but with his large property, which was
increased by the liberality of the emperors, he was enabled to support and relieve
his fellow-citizens whenever it was needed. He used to spend his nights in the
temple of Asclepius, partly on account of the dreams and the communications with
the god in them, and partly on account of the conversation of other persons who
likewise spent their nights there without being able to sleep. During the war
of Caracalla against the Parthians he was at first of some service to the Roman
army by his Cynic mode of life, but afterwards he deserted to the Parthians together
with Tiridates. Antiochus was one of the most distinguished rhetoricians of his
time. He was a pupil of Dardanus, the Assyrian, and Dionysius, the Milesian. He
used to speak extempore, and his declamations and orations were distinguished
for their pathos, their richness in thought, and the precision of their style,
which had nothing of the pomp and bombast of other rhetoricians. But he also acquired
some reputation as a writer. Philostratus mentions an historical work of his (historia)
which is praised for the elegance of its style, but what was the subject of this
history is unknown. Phrynichus refers to a work of his called Agora. (Philostr.
Vit. Soph. ii. 4. 5.4; Dion Cass. lxxvii. 19; Suidas, s. v. ; Eudoc.)
This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Oct 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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