a famous Greek rhetorician and sophist in the 4th century, was born at Antioch, and had a great share in the friendship of Julian the Apostate. That prince offered him the dignity of praefectus praetorio; but Libanius refused it, thinking the name of sophist, or professor of eloquence, much more honourable. There are still extant several of his letters and Greek orations, by which he acquired great reputation: but his style is somewhat affected and obscure. He was a Pagan. Basil and Chrysotom were his disciples about the year 360. His letters were published at Amsterdam in 1738; his orations at Venice, 1755.