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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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