Editing Eunapius (section)

==Writing==
Eunapius was the author of two works, one entitled ''Lives of Philosophers and Sophists'', and ''Universal History'' consisting of a continuation of the history of [[Dexippus]].{{sfn|Hartmann|2018|pp=131-132}} The former work is still extant; of the latter only the [[Constantinian Excerpts|Constantinian excerpts]] remain, but the facts are largely incorporated in the work of [[Zosimus (historian)|Zosimus]]. It embraced the history of events from AD 270–404.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

The ''Lives of Philosophers and Sophists'', a collection of the biographies of 24 older and contemporary philosophers and sophists, is valuable as the only source for the history of the (mostly [[Neoplatonism|neoplatonic]]) pagan philosophy of that period.{{sfn|Hartmann|2018|pp=133-136}} The style of both works is marked by a spirit of bitter hostility to Christianity. [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photius]] had before him a "new edition" of the history in which the passages most offensive to Christians were omitted.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

The ''Lives of Philosophers and Sophists'' consists of the biographies of the following philosophers and sophists: [[Plotinus]], [[Porphyry (philosopher)|Porphyry]], [[Iamblichus]], [[Aedesius|Aedesius the Cappadocian]], [[Maximus of Ephesus|Maximus]], [[Priscus of Epirus|Priscus]], [[Chrysanthius]], Epigonus, Beronicianus, [[Julian of Cappadocia]], [[Prohaeresius]], [[Epiphanius of Syria|Epiphanius]], [[Diophantus the Arab]], [[Sopolis]], [[Himerius]], [[Parnasius]], [[Libanius]], [[Acacius of Caesarea|Acacius]], [[Nymphidianus of Smyrna|Nymphidianus]], [[Zeno of Cyprus]], Magnus, [[Oribasius]], Ionicus, and Theon.{{sfn|Hartmann|2018|p=133}}