‘Poet, Philosopher, Hierophant’: Introducing Porphyry of Tyre

Porphyry of Tyre, a prolific Platonist writer, is introduced. Topics include Platonist metaphysics, esoteric reading-strategies, exorcisms, divine possessions, and a lost work on the River Styx. The podcast explores Porphyry's biography, education, metaphysical ideas, works, influences, surviving works and fragments, as well as his lost works and recent discoveries.