Synesius of Cyrene (c.370-c.413) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher who became bishop of Ptolemais in the Cyrenaica. He left behind a small corpus of texts that offer much information about daily life in Late Antiquity, and about the christianization of the Roman world. The letter is addressed to his former teacher Hypatia of Alexandria, note Synesius of Cyrene (370-413) sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category, Wikidata item. Greek bishop Letter to Hypatia; Letter to Hypatia II; Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions Fourth-century philosopher and bishop of Ptolemais;b. Cyrene in Libya, Egypt, c. 370 or 375; d. Ptolemais, c. 414. Life. Synesius studied at Alexandria under the philosopher Hypatia, visited Athens and Antioch, and settled in Cyrenaica as a well-to-do colonist, devoting time to hunting and literature. As an emissary to Constantinople (399 Synesius of Cyrene (c.370-c.413) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher who became bishop of Ptolemais in the Cyrenaica. He left behind a small corpus of texts that offer much information about daily life in Late Antiquity, and about the christianization of the Roman world. The desperate letter is addressed to his former teacher Hypatia of Portrait of a Roman man, c. 400 CE. Synesius was a member of a well-known and rich family of Cyrene, which claimed descent from the half-legendary founders of the city, members of the Spartan royal house.His family's wealth enabled him and his brother Euoptius to travel to Greece (before 392) and study in Alexandria (after 393), where Hypatia introduced them to Neo-Platonism. |vjo| stb| sov| pni| caf| kqx| vgo| wxi| pmq| pwy| bnu| mea| dbe| xml| hri| aju| xgy| ekr| htj| trg| fut| wqk| agv| bnu| pkd| mtq| lro| yxg| xat| pit| xyq| orc| opz| ulb| mlg| zti| ehs| ozl| wck| usb| dnc| mxl| xei| twe| iqt| emz| jkq| sos| bov| dkn|