A celebrated philosopher who had rejected Christianity and remained unabashedly pagan. Julian first heard him while wandering the Greek world, and his Christian teachers, worried by Julian's interest, forbade him from attending the lectures — so Julian had them copied down and read to him instead.
Also known as: Libanus
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Episode 5 (1 mention)
A celebrated philosopher who had rejected Christianity and remained unabashedly pagan. Julian first heard him while wandering the Greek world, and his Christian teachers, worried by Julian's interest, forbade him from attending the lectures — so Julian had them copied down and read to him instead.
“It was here that he first heard Libanus, a celebrated philosopher who had rejected”