Arabian, pupil of Iulianus of Cappadocia and later one of his successors as teacher of rhetoriciRole name: teacher of rhetoric at Athens Eun. V. Soph. IX 1.3, X 3.9, XII 1; rival of Prohaeresius, on whose death (a. 367) he delivered a funeral oration Eun. V. Soph. XII 1-3; recruited his pupils from Arabia V. Soph. X 3. 12, but also kidnapped many from elsewhere, e.g. Libanius, who was forced to attend his lectures c. 336, Eun. V. Soph. XVI 1.2, Suid. Λ. 486, cf. Lib. Or. I 16, 85, with Norman ad loc. Eunapius too attended his lectures in Athens in 362-7 V. Soph. XII 2. Diophantus died not long after Prohaeresius, leaving two unworthy sons V. Soph. XII 4.