Synesius of cyrene biography

          Synesius letters to hypatia.

          Synesius of Cyrene

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          Bishop of Ptolomais, neo-Platonist, date of birth uncertain; d.

          Synesius de regno

        1. Theophilus of alexandria
        2. Synesius letters to hypatia
        3. Born Cyrene (near Darnah, Libya), circa – Died Ptolemaïs (near Al Marj, Libya), circa Synesius of Cyrene figured prominently in the literary.
        4. The book explores the life and works of Synesius, a philosopher and bishop from Cyrene who lived during the late Roman Empire.

          5. about 414. He was a younger son of an ancient family of Cyrene which traced its descent from the Hieracleidæ, the mythical founders of the city. Synesius pursued his higher studies at Alexandria, where he became a devoted disciple of the famous Hypatia, to whom several of his letters are addressed and for whom he entertained a life-long devotion.

          After serving some time in the army he settled in his native land, "studying philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, everything; farming, hunting, having many a brush with hordes of pilfering Libyans; and every now and then upholding the cause of some one who had undeservedly fallen into difficulties".

          This kind of life, in every way suite