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A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
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Classical commentators. Among the ancient writers most helpful in understanding Celtic culture, religion, and myth are:
Ammianus Marcellinus, Julius
Caesar,
Diodorus Siculus,
Eusebius,
Pliny the Elder,
Polybius,
Posidonius,
Ptolemy,
Solinus,
Strabo, and
Tacitus.
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'Druids' details Celtic lifestyle
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 1/22/2006; ; 564 words
; ...what a first century B.C. Greek, Posidonius, thought about the people and their...quickly discover, however, that none of Posidonius' writings have survived, so Freeman...Caesar, among others -- thought about Posidonius' findings. It is all very speculative...
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New books.(At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68)(The Philosopher and the Druids: A Journey Among the Ancient Celts)(The Thin Place)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Harper's Magazine; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...scrolls by a Syrian-born Greek philosopher and Stoic named Posidonius, who embarked by cargo ship in the first century B.C...severed heads of the many enemies of his colorful hairy hosts. Posidonius probably got there just in time; before long the Romans would...
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Wesen und Wirken der Weisheit in der Sapientia Salomonis
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...examines three philosophers from the first century B.C.E.: Posidonius of Apamea, Antiochus of Ascalon, and Eudorus of Alexandria...the Wisdom of Solomon to writings from philosophers such as Posidonius of Apamea, he pays relatively little attention in chap...
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Greek Philosophers of the Hellenistic Age.
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 3/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Chrysippus, Carneades and Philo of Larissa, Panaetius, Posidonius, and Antiochus of Ascalon. The bulk of each lecture consists...dependent on controversial source-critical assumptions. For Posidonius, Kristeller wisely prefers Edelstein-Kidd to Theiler...
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On the Nature of Man
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...s role in the doxographical transmission chain (and particularly of works of his that are no longer extant), just as Posidonius's influence has been reduced to more realistic proportions in recent scholarship. Throughout his work Nemesius, as a bishop...
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MOON AND VENUS PAIR UP
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/28/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...really tried to understand what they were seeing. Those who did try were far off the mark. The ancient Greek astronomer, Posidonius (for whom a crater on the moon is now named), proposed that the moon was partly transparent, allowing a little sunlight...
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Reason and Emotion: Essays on Ancient Moral Psychology and Ethical Theory.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...significant texts and issues in ancient moral philosophy from Socrates to Epicurus and the Stoic philosophers Chrysippus and Posidonius, and beyond" (p. xi). Cooper says that he hopes his essays are unified "both in their scope and in the natural connections...
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The secrets of the space computer that used technology a thousand years ahead of its time.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 11/30/2006; 700+ words
; ...cut differential gears fashioned from bronze. Historians think it might have been constructed by the stoic philosopher Posidonius who masterminded an ancient astronomy centre at Rhodes. But others believe the complex mathematics behind the calculator...
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Moonwalker Jackson gets Moon crater named after him
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 7/8/2009; 352 words
; ...celebrated his life at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on July 7, reports the Daily Express. The crater, previously named Posidonius J, is located in the Moon's Lake of Dreams, and is close to a 1,200-acre parcel purchased by Michael Jackson. The...
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Tiberius and the libraries: public book collections and library buildings in the early Roman Empire.(Essay)
Magazine article from: Libraries and the Cultural Record; 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...are told) a quiet and presumably scholarly life. (5) Certainly, Rhodes was an intellectual center. The great scholar Posidonius had made the island the most important school of Stoicism early in the first century BC Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus...
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Posidonius
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
POSIDONIUS ( b . Apameia, Syria, ca, 135 B...Of Greek parentage and upbringing, Posidonius studied at Athens under the Stoic Panaetius...An admired friend, Pompey also heard Posidonius at Rhodes in 67 and 62 B.C., when...
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Cleomedes
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Since the latest authority he quotes is Posidonius ( ca . 135 – 50 b.c...Cleomedes ’ chief authority is Posidonius, and it is unlikely that he himself...sources that sometimes disagreed with Posidonius ’ views (see I, vi, 32...
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Nemesius
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...localization had been advanced even earlier in the fourth century by the Greek physician Posidonius, to whom Nemesius referred; but because only fragments of Posidonius ’ writings survived, the doctrine of ventricular localization gained...
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Stoicism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...cent. BC introduced Stoicism into Rome. He and his pupil Posidonius sought to lessen the attacks of critics by mingling with the...some of Plato's psychological views. Cicero, a pupil of Posidonius, was indebted to a work of Panaetius for the basis of his...
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Geminus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...mathematics) with which Geminus was concerned, Panaetius, Posidonius, and Hipparchus all having worked there. On the other hand...even though two of his chief authorities, Hipparchus and Posidonius, worked in Rhodes, it does not necessarily follow that Geminus...
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