Philostratus' Life of Apollonius: third-century biography of a charismatic teacher and miracle worker from the first century CE, who is often likened to Jesus of Nazareth.In the Life of Apollonius, Athenian author Philostratus (a sophist who lived from c.170 to…
Philostratus' Life of Apollonius: third-century biography of a charismatic teacher and miracle worker from the first century CE, who is often likened to Jesus of Nazareth.In the Life of Apollonius, Athenian author Philostratus (a sophist who lived from c.170 to…
Philostratus' Life of Apollonius: third-century biography of a charismatic teacher and miracle worker from the first century CE, who is often likened to Jesus of Nazareth.In the Life of Apollonius, Athenian author Philostratus (a sophist who lived from c.170 to…
Philostratus' Life of Apollonius: third-century biography of a charismatic teacher and miracle worker from the first century CE, who is often likened to Jesus of Nazareth.In the Life of Apollonius, Athenian author Philostratus (a sophist who lived from c.170 to…
Philostratus' Life of Apollonius: third-century biography of a charismatic teacher and miracle worker from the first century CE, who is often likened to Jesus of Nazareth.In the Life of Apollonius, Athenian author Philostratus (a sophist who lived from c.170 to…
Philostratus' Life of Apollonius: third-century biography of a charismatic teacher and miracle worker from the first century CE, who is often likened to Jesus of Nazareth.In the Life of Apollonius, Athenian author Philostratus (a sophist who lived from c.170 to…
Philostratus' Life of Apollonius: third-century biography of a charismatic teacher and miracle worker from the first century CE, who is often likened to Jesus of Nazareth.In the Life of Apollonius, Athenian author Philostratus (a sophist who lived from c.170 to…
Philostratus' Life of Apollonius: third-century biography of a charismatic teacher and miracle worker from the first century CE, who is often likened to Jesus of Nazareth.In the Life of Apollonius, Athenian author Philostratus (a sophist who lived from c.170 to…
Phoenicians (Greek: Φοίνικες): Greek name of the inhabitants of the ancient cities of Aradus, Tripoli, Byblos, Berytus, Sidon, and Tyre. In the Iron Age, they founded colonies on Cyprus (Kition), on Sicily (Motya, Panormus), in Libya (Lepcis, Oea, Sabratha), in…
Phoenix: mythological bird from Egypt. The Egyptian mythology and its Greek interpretations must be distinguished.
Purple heron
In Egyptian mythology, the bird…
Ctesias was a Greek physician who stayed at the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes II Mnemon from 404 to 398/397. He wrote several books about Persia and India. They are now lost but were quoted by ancient authors; consequently,…
Ctesias was a Greek physician who stayed at the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes II Mnemon from 404 to 398/397. He wrote several books about Persia and India. They are now lost but were quoted by ancient authors; consequently,…