#themistius

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Religious Chants to Persephone by the Philosopher Themistius.

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This is reflected in the fact that Themistius was criticised in his  own lifetime for misusing philosophy – for pretending to be a philosopher, when he was in fact a flatterer, who used certain aspects of the discipline to further his personal  ambition.

John Matthews, The Goths in the Fourth Century