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===== Philo ===== | ===== Philo ===== | ||
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+ | Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, during the Roman Empire. Philo used philosophical allegory to attempt to fuse and harmonize Greek philosophy with Jewish philosophy. His method followed the practices of both Jewish exegesis and Stoic philosophy. His allegorical exegesis was important for several Christian Church Fathers, but he has barely any reception history within Judaism. He believed that literal interpretations of the Hebrew Bible would stifle humanity' | ||
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===== Philostratus the Elder ===== | ===== Philostratus the Elder ===== | ||
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+ | Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period. He was probably a nephew of the sophist Philostratus of Athens, and is credited with two books formerly attributed to his uncle. | ||
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===== Philostratus the Younger ===== | ===== Philostratus the Younger ===== | ||
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+ | Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period. He was author of the second series of __Imagines__, | ||
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===== Plutarch ===== | ===== Plutarch ===== | ||
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+ | Greek historian, biographer, and essayist, known primarily for his __Parallel Lives__ and __Moralia__. He is considered today to be a Middle Platonist. Plutarch' | ||
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===== Poseidonius ===== | ===== Poseidonius ===== | ||
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+ | Greek Stoic philosopher, | ||
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===== Ptolemy ===== | ===== Ptolemy ===== | ||
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+ | Ptolemy was the author of several scientific treatises, at least three of which were of continuing importance to later Islamic and European science. The first is the astronomical treatise now known as the __Almagest__ (in Greek, Ἡ Μεγάλη Σύνταξις, | ||
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===== Sibylline Oracles ===== | ===== Sibylline Oracles ===== | ||
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+ | Collection of oracular utterances written in Greek hexameters ascribed to the Sibyls, prophetesses who uttered divine revelations in a frenzied state. Fourteen books and eight fragments of __Sibylline Oracles__ survive. These are a collection of utterances that were composed or edited under various circumstances, | ||
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===== Strabo ===== | ===== Strabo ===== | ||
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+ | Greek geographer, philosopher and historian. Strabo was born to an affluent family from Amaseia in Pontus (modern Amasya, Turkey). Strabo' | ||
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