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emperor defended the sophist with a letter declaring that
Polemon had rendered Hadrian an account of the moneys entrusted to him. Polemon gave the dedicatory oration to Hadrian's Temple of Olympian Zeus in
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Polemon founded in Smyrna one of the foremost schools of rhetoric. His style of oratory was imposing rather than pleasing; however his character was haughty and reserved.
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of the athletic competitions that took place in Smyrna in honour of the emperor
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In Smyrna he was educated by
Scopelianos of Klazomenai. He then attended the school of Timocrates of Heracleia for four years. After that he travelled to
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is preserved in a 14th-century Arabic translation. The only fully surviving works of
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Reader, William W.; Chvála-Smith, Anthony J. (1996).
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Polemonis de Physiognomonia liber arabice et latine
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