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Apollonius of Tyana

c. 15–c. 100 CE · 1st century

Apollonius of Tyana was a Greek Neopythagorean philosopher and wandering teacher from Cappadocia in the 1st century CE. His life is known chiefly from a biography by Philostratus, written over a century later, which credits him with miracles and travels to Babylon and India, including a visit to Taxila under a Parthian king. Later pagans presented him as a rival to Jesus.

Apollonius of Tyana
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Apollonius of Tyana. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/apollonius-of-tyana
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