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===== Nicolaus of Damascus ===== | ===== Nicolaus of Damascus ===== | ||
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+ | Greek historian and philosopher who lived during the Augustan age of the Roman Empire. His name is derived from that of his birthplace, Damascus. He was born around 64 BC. He was an intimate friend of Herod the Great, whom he survived by a number of years. He was also the tutor of the children of Antony and Cleopatra (born in 40 BC), according to Sophronius. He went to Rome with Herod Archelaus. His output was vast, but is nearly all lost. His chief work was a universal history in 144 books. He also wrote an autobiography, | ||
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===== Parthenius ===== | ===== Parthenius ===== | ||
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+ | Greek grammarian and poet. According to the __Suda__, he was the son of Heraclides and Eudora, or according to Hermippus of Berytus, his mother' | ||
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===== Pausanias ===== | ===== Pausanias ===== | ||
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+ | Greek traveler and geographer of the 2nd century AD, who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. He is famous for his Description of Greece (Ἑλλάδος περιήγησις), | ||
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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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