Dio Chrysostom

British  

/ ˈdiːo ˈkrizəstəm /

noun

1. 2nd century _ad , Greek orator and philosopher

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Example Sentences

At last he became, in the words of Dio Chrysostom, who wrote during the second century A.D.:

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Among the most renowned teachers of rhetoric—now distinctively called “Sophists,” or rhetoricians—were Dio Chrysostom, Aelius Aristides, Themistius, Himerius, Libanius and Herodes Atticus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

This story is also told by Dio Chrysostom xlix.

From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

Some specimens of the Silli may be found in Diogenes Laertius; but the longest now extant is a passage preserved in Dio Chrysostom, exposing the mad attachment of the inhabitants of Alexandria to chariot races.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

In the 2nd century of our era, Dio Chrysostom, Aristides of Smyrna, and Maximus of Tyre were the main representatives of criticism, and they were succeeded by Philostratus and Libanius.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various