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Ancient author: Pseudo-Plutarch, Letter of Consolation to Apollonios 22 (link).
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Ancient author: Plutarch (early second century CE), The Education of Children 6-7, 20 (link).
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Ancient authors: Plutarch (early second century CE), On the Malice of Herodotos 1, 12-18 (link; link to Greek).
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Ancient authors: Various authors as discussed by Plutarch (early second century CE), Isis and Osiris, entire work (link).
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Ancient authors: Lykeas of Naukratis (first century CE or earlier), Egyptian Matters = FGrHist 613 F2, 4, as cited by Athenaios (early third century CE), Sophists at Dinner 14.616de and 4.150b-c (link to FGrHist).
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Ancient authors: King Juba II of Numidia and Mauretania in Libya (active ca. 30 BCE-23 CE), FGrHist 275 F5-6, 9, 15-16, 28-37 (in another post – link), 81, 83-84, 98, 101 (link to FGrHist).
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Ancient authors: Nearchos (late fourth century BCE), FGrHist 133; Onesikritos (late fourth century BCE), FGrHist 134; and Juba II (late first century BCE), FGrHist 275 F28, 30-37, as discussed by Pliny the Elder (first century CE), Natural History 6.96-10…
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Ancient authors: Suda lexicon at Χάρων, chi.136 = FGrHist 262 T1 (link); Charon of Lampsakos, FGrHist 262 F1, as cited by Athenaios, Sophists at Dinner 12.520d–f (link; link to FGrHist).
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Ancient authors: Timaios of Tauromenion on Sicily (early third century BCE), Histories = FGrHist 566 F82, as cited by Anonymous, On Women Distinguished in Wars / De Mulieribus 6 (link to Greek; link to FGrHist); Pompeius Trogus (first century BCE) as summ…
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Ancient authors: Kratinos, Aristophanes, Suetonius, and others outlined below.
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Ancient authors: Lucan of Corduba, Civil War 6.413-588 (link; link to Latin).
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Ancient authors: Marcus Terrentius Varro (first century BCE), Human and Divine Antiquities, book 1 (Cardauns, fragments 3-4), as cited by Augustine, City of God 7.34-35 (link; link to Latin).
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Ancient authors: Apion of Alexandria (early first century CE), On the Magian, or On Homer the Magian, as cited by the author of the Suda lexicon, pi 752 (link).
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Ancient authors: Celsus (mid-second century CE) and Origen of Alexandria (mid-third century CE), Against Celsus, numerous passages mentioned below (link).
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Ancient author: Agathias of Myrina in Asia Minor, aka Agathias Scholastikos, Histories 2.23-26 and 4.30 (link; link to Greek).
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Ancient authors: Genesis 10-12; Josephos (late first century CE), Judean Antiquities 1.109-139, 143-154 (link); Pseudo-Philo (first century CE), Biblical Antiquities 6-7 (link); Hebrew version of the Testament of Naphtali 8-10 (link); Sibylline Oracles 8.…
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Ancient authors: Hippolytos (early third century CE), Chronicle 44-201 (234/235 CE), following manuscript H1 with some parenthetical additions from H2 (link to Greek); Epiphanios (late fourth century CE), Ancoratus 112-114 (link to Greek).
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Ancient authors: Pseudo-Clement (third-fourth centuries CE), Recognitions 9.21; Eusebios (early fourth century CE), Preparation for the Gospel 6.10.16-17, 38, citing a Greek translation of Bardaisan’s Book of the Laws of Countries (link); Epiphanios of Sa…
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Ancient authors: Pseudo-Clement (second-fourth centuries, but 406 CE in this Latin translation), Recognitions, various passages (link; link to Latin text of Rufinus’ translation); Homilies 8.14-16; 9.1-8 (link; link to Greek in Dressel’s 1853 edition).
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Persian wisdom: Celsus on mysteries of Mithras as a source of ancient wisdom (mid-second century CE)
Ancient authors: Celsus as cited by Origen, Against Celsus 6.22-24 (link).
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Ancient authors: Euboulos (perhaps first or second century CE), Concerning Mithras, as discussed by Porphyry of Tyre (third century CE), On the Cave of the Nymphs in the Thirteenth Book of the Odyssey / De Antro 5-6, 24 (link; link to Greek).
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Ancient authors: Numerous authors employed by Porphyry, De abstinentia, on On Abstinence from Killing Animals, most of book 4 (link; link to Greek).
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Ancient author: Anonymous / Pseudo-Lucian, Long Lives / Makrobians 1-7 (link).
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Ancient author: Aelian (late second century CE), Various Historical Items / Varia Historia 2.17; 4.8 (link to Greek text) and On Characteristics of Animals 10.28 and fragments 35 and 37 (link).
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Ancient authors: Aristoxenos of Tarentum (fourth century BCE), Miscellaneous Table-talk, as cited by Athenaios of Athens (early third century CE), Sophists at Dinner 632a (link; link to Greek).
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Ancient authors: Phylarchos (early second century BCE), Histories = FGrHist 81 F79a-b, as cited by Plutarch, Table-talk 680e, and Pliny, Natural History 7.16-17; and F83, as preserved in the Suda lexicon, at Λευκὴ ἡμέρα = lambda 323 (link; link to FGrHist…
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Ancient authors: Phylarchos, Histories = FGrHist 81 F35a-b, as cited by Apollonios (second century BCE), Historical Wonders / Historiae mirabiles 18 (link) and by Athenaios, Sophists at Dinner 1.18d-e (link; link to FGrHist).
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Ancient author: Apuleius of Madaura (mid-late second century CE), Metamorphoses, or The Golden Ass 2.21-30 (link; link to Latin).
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Ancient authors: Olympiodoros of Thebes (ca. 365-425 CE), Histories = FHG IV 63 (link), as cited by Photios (eighth century CE), Bibliotheke, or Collection of Books, codex 80 (link).
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Ancient author: Origen of Alexandria (mid-third century CE), First Principles (primarily following the Latin version associated with Rufinus) 2.9.3-6; 3.1.23-24; 4.3.6-10 (link; link to Greek / Latin and French translation) Comments: Origen of Alexandria…
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Ancient authors: Anonymous scribes or priests of Memphis, as well as others who copied or adapted the Memphite inscripton: RICIS 302/0204 = IKyme 41, from Kyme in Aiolis, first century BCE-first century CE (link to Greek); RICIS 113/1201 (supplement I), f…
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Ancient authors: Pausanias (mid-second century CE), Description of Greece, various passages (link; link to Greek text).
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Ancient author: Philo of Alexandria (early first century CE), On Abraham 66-72, 77-88; Migration of Abraham 175-189; Who is the Heir 96-99, 275-279; Preliminary Studies 44-51; On Dreams 47-48, 50-52, 159-161; On the Virtues 212-217; Questions and Answers…
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Ancient author: Philo of Alexandria, Moses 2.1-3, 12-44 (link).
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Ancient author: Valerius Maximus (early first century CE), Memorable Deeds and Sayings 2.6.10-17 (link to Latin).
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Ancient authors: Favorinus’ speech as summarized by Aulus Gellius (mid-second century CE), Attic Nights 14.1 (link).
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Ancient author: Philo of Alexandria (early first century CE), On Special Laws 3. 93-103 (link).
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Ancient authors: Deinon of Kolophon (mid-fourth century BCE) and Chrysippos of Soloi (third century BCE), as cited by CIcero; Cicero (mid-first century BCE), On the Republic 3.14-15; On Laws 2.26-27 (link); Tusculan Disputations 1.108 (link); On Divination
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Ancient author: Catullus (early first century BCE), Poems 90 (link).
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Ancient authors: Ktesias of Knidos (late fifth century BCE); Douris of Samos (mid-fourth century BCE), FGrHist 76; Herakleides of Kyme (late fourth century BCE), FGrHist 689; Klearchos of Soloi (late fourth century BCE); and, others, as cited by Athenaios…
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Ancient author: Anonymous / Pseudo-Plato (perhaps first century BCE), Axiochos 371-372 (link; link to Greek).
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Ancient authors: Herakleides of Herakleia on the Pontos, Zoroaster, as cited by Poseidonios and discussed by Strabo, Geography 2.3.4-5 (link) = Eckart Schütrumpf, ed., Heraclides of Pontus: Texts, Translation (Oxon, UK: Routledge, 2018), fragments 139-140,
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Ancient author: Unknown Platonic author, perhaps the astrologer Philip of Opous, Epinomis / Supplement to Laws (link).
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This is a guide for reading through ethnographic passages from Theopompos of Chios (FGrHist 115; late-fifth century BCE) on this website: Thracians and king Kotys I’s obsession with banquets – F31 (link) Illyrians and banqueting customs – F39-40 (link) Sc…
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Ancient authors: Xanthos of Lydia (mid-fifth century BCE), Lydian Matters = FGrHist 765 F4a-b, 14a, 15, 16, 17, 18a-b, 19a, as cited by Athenaios of Naukratis, Sophists at Dinner 12.515e-516c and 10.415c-d (link); Suda lexicon at Xanthos (link); Strabo, G…
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Ancient authors: Theopompos of Chios (mid-fourth century BCE), FGrHist 115 F75c, as cited by Aelian (late second century CE), Historical Miscellany 3.18 (link to Greek; link to FGrHist).
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Ancient authors: Theopompos of Chios (mid-fourth century BCE), FGrHist 115 F64b-65, as cited by Aineias of Gaza, Theophrastos 64ed and Plutarch, Isis and Osiris 46-47 (ca. 100 CE) (link; link to Greek text; link to FGrHist).
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Ancient authors: Theopompos of Chios (mid-fourth century BCE), FGrHist 115 F45, as cited by Hesychios, Lexicon ι 779 at ἱππάκη (link to FGrHist). .
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Ancient authors: Theopompos of Chios (mid-fourth century BCE), FGrHist 115 F31, as cited by Athenaios, Sophists at Dinner 531e-532a (link to FGrHist).
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Ancient authors: Timaios of Tauromenion, FGrHist 566 F1b, and Theopompos of Chios (mid-fourth century BCE), FGrHist 115 F204, as cited by Athenaios, Sophists at Dinner 12.517D (link to FGrHist).