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Persian wisdom: Herakleides of Pontos on the Magian who circumnavigated Libya (mid-fourth century BCE)
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, 179. Comments: While Greek discussions of Persian Magians most often focused on their astrological and healing knowledge, Herakleides (a student […]
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