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Apollonius of Tyana

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Apollonius of Tyana (lived 1st century AD)

Greek ascetic philosopher of the neo-Pythagorean school. He travelled in Babylonia and India, where he acquired a wide knowledge of oriental religions and philosophies, and taught at Ephesus. He was said to have had miraculous powers but claimed only that he could see the future.



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Finally, I want to pay particularly close attention to Apollonius of Tyana and the Beggar in Ephesus recounted by Philostratus in the second century CE.
Hate never dispelled hate: no place for the pharmakos (Revelation ... by Bredin, Mark R. / Biblical Theology Bulletin
Francis devotes separate chapters to a close reading of the works of Marcus Aurelius, Lucian, Apollonius of Tyana, and Celsus.
Subversive Virtue: Asceticism and Authority in the Second Century ... by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal
For example, when Damis joined his teacher Apollonius of Tyana he said: "Let us depart, Apollonius, you following God and I you" (Philostratus, VA 1.
Opening blind eyes: a revisioning of Mark 8:22-10:52 by Keller, Marie Noel / Biblical Theology Bulletin
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