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Persians: Varro on Pythagoras’ and Numa’s adoption of Persian forms of divination (first century BCE / early fifth century CE)
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). Comments: In this intriguing passage, Augustine is continuing to cite and respond to an earlier work by Terentius Varro on Human and Divine Antiquities, a now lost […]
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