Apollonius of Tyana was a great religious reformer of the first century. Though he did not achieve the following that Jesus did well after his death, his legends and dealings with many emperors, kings, wise men, and fellow philosophers, deserve to ring on in history as one of the most profound stories that antiquity produced.
He traveled into the furthest reaches of the known world much like his patron master, Pythagoras. He stayed true to his friends, revived the ancient wisdom he collected, performed miracles and prophecies that bewildered the people of his time, and impressed all later students of pagan theology.
This is the story of a Lost Prophet.
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