Aphthonius of Antioch (Greek: Ἀφθόνιος Ἀντιοχεὺς ὁ Σύρος; fl. c.
No information about his personal life is available except for his friendship with the sophist Libanius and a certain Eutropius, who may have been the author of a Roman history epitome.
[3] Aphthonius's writing style is characterized as pure and simple, and ancient critics praised his atticism.
A collection of 40 fables written in the style of Aesop is also attributed to Aphthonius.
[3] Aphthonius may have visited the Serapeum of Alexandria around 315 CE, according to Rowe and Rees.