What did Apollonius of Tyana teach?
Philostratus’ voluminous Life of Apollonius explains that the sage of Tyana was a teacher of asceticism whose personal knowledge featured not only an understanding of mathematics and philosophy but also direct revelations from the gods. Philostratus himself was an Athenian sophist and professional orator. Did Apollonius of Tyana exist? Apollonius of Tyana (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος…