Marcus Antonius Polemon

Marcus Antonius Polemon (c. 90-144 CE) was a Greek orator of the Second Sophistic, based at Smyrna, where he was a leading public figure and enjoyed the favor of the emperors Trajan and Hadrian. He was one of the most celebrated and influential sophists of his age, and a treatise on physiognomy (judging character from appearance) attributed to him survives mainly in later translation. He is prominently featured in Philostratus's 'Lives of the Sophists.'