Author: Philostratus
Cited by
- Steven Saylor (1)
- IN: The Seven Wonders (2012) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: With a favorable wind, Apollonius and his disciple Damis arrived in Rhodes. As they approached the Colossus, Damis exclaimed, “Teacher, could anything be greater than that?” To which Apollonius replied, “Yes, a man who loves wisdom in a sound and innocent spirit.”
FROM: The Life of Apollonius Of Tyana , 5:21, (245), Book, Greece