Dio Chrysostom
Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian
- Lived
- 40–120
- Country
- Ancient Rome
Updated September 2026
About Dio Chrysostom
Dio Chrysostom, Dio of Prusa or Cocceianus Dio, was a Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian of the Roman Empire in the 1st century AD. Eighty of his Discourses are extant, as well as a few letters, a mock essay Encomium on Hair, and a few other fragments. His sobriquet Chrysostom comes from the Greek chrysostomos, which literally means "golden-mouthed".
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