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St Photius the Great, tr. Freese, 1920; selections

39. Codex 39: Eusebius, Against Hierocles

Read the brief refutation of the discourse of Hierocles¹ in support of Apollonius of Tyana² by Eusebius Pamphili.

Hierocles of Caria, Roman proconsul, a violent anti-Christian, lived in the time of Diocletian (emperor 284-305). The work referred to is Truth-loving Words to the Christians, in which Apollonius of Tyana is placed above Christ.
Of Tyana in Cappadocia (c. 4 B.C.----A.D. 97), magician and wonderworker.