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Native of Apamea Lib. Ep. 1389.

Son of Himerius 3 Lib. Ep. 570, 571; nephew of Sopater 2 Ep. 571; descended from philosophers Ep. 575 (he was grandson of Sopater 1); relative of Libanius Ep. 571, 577; left an orphan by 357 Ep. 575.

Pupil of Libanius Ep. 570.

In 357-8 he went on a Grand Tour, starting from Antioch Ep. 572, 575 and visiting Cilicia Ep. 569, Galatia Ep. 570, 607, Bithynia Ep. 571, and Constantinople Ep. 572-7 in 357 and Greece Ep. 327, 360, 385 and Macedonia Ep. 360 probably in 358; he intended travelling to Italy Ep. 571.

He was in Athens in 362/3, where he took part in the pagan mysteries Ep. 801. Later he gave money to help rebuild the walls of Athens, Hesperia 33 (1964), 63-8.

Described as a rhetoriRole name: rhetor Ep. 573 (a. 357) and a philosopheriRole name: philosopher Ep. 1466 (a. 365), cf. Ep. 575 (a. 357). He acquired wide fame Ep. 982 (a. 390), Ep. 1007 (a. 391), Symm. Ep. IX 2.

He inherited property from his father Lib. Ep. 571 and in 365 was living on his private estates Ep. 1466 (a. 365).

He was a pagan Lib. Ep. 571, 801.

Received Symm. Ep. IX 2, Lib. Ep. 593, 607 (a. 357), Ep. 327(a. 357/8), Ep. 360, 385 (a. 358), Ep. 34 (a. 359), Ep. 801 (a. 362/3), Ep. 1466 (a. 365); mentioned Ep. 569-77, 594, 932 (a. 357), Ep. 1389 (a. 363), Ep. 982, 984 (a. 390), Ep. 1007 (a. 391).

He was still alive in 391 Lib. Ep. 1007 (a. 391).