Γυμνοσοφισταί
naked-sophists
Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 Jul 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[sc. A term for] the philosophers among Babylonians, and among Assyrians.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Γυμνοσοφισταί· παρὰ Βαβυλωνίοις οἱ φιλόσοφοι, καὶ παρὰ Ἀσσυρίοις.
Betacode
*gumnosofistai/: para\ *babulwni/ois oi( filo/sofoi, kai\ para\ *)assuri/ois.
Notes
- Mentioned in Greek sources from Aristotle onwards, i.e. once Alexander the Great encountered them. See already under alpha 425 (and beta 524), and generally Richard Stoneman, "Naked philosophers: the Brahmans in the Alexander historians and the Alexander Romance", Journal of Hellenic Studies 115 (1995) 99-114.