Themistius and Julian
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2025), Giuliano imperatore, legislatore e filosofo. Atti del Convegno Internazionale, Parma (18-19 novembre 2024)
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2025)

Themistius and Julian: Two pagan philosophers?

Giuliano imperatore, legislatore e filosofo. Atti del Convegno Internazionale, Parma (18-19 novembre 2024)
https://doi.org/10.14276/2724-2013.5432
Published 2026-06-17
Simone Mehr
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Keywords

Themistius
panegyric
theurgic Neoplatonists
Valens
Julian
Constantius II

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Mehr, S. (2026). Themistius and Julian: Two pagan philosophers?. Tesserae Iuris, 6(2), 299–310. https://doi.org/10.14276/2724-2013.5432
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Abstract

This paper aims to show that, in his eulogies to Valens, the philosopher Themistius presents himself as the philosopher desired by the emperor and distances himself from the theurgical Neoplatonists associated with the late Emperor Julian.

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