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The title of Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius of Tyana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2015

Gerard Boter
Gerard Boter*
Affiliation:
VU University Amsterdam*
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The title of Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius of Tyana as it stands in all editions since Kayser’s 1844 edition, Tὰ ὲç τòν Tυανέα Ἀπολλώνιοώ is not correct. The genuine title of the work is Eἰç τòν Tυανέα Ἀπολλώνιον. The suggestion by Ewen Bowie, that the title of the work characterizes it as a novel, must therefore be dismissed. The meaning of the title is ambiguous: it means both ‘About Apollonius of Tyana’ and ‘In honour of Apollonius of Tyana’. This ambiguity may very well have been intended by Philostratus.

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PhilostratusApollonius of Tyanabook titleliterary genreambiguity
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 135 , 2015 , pp. 1 - 7
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Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 2015