Ποσειδώνιος

Posidonius, Poseidonios

Translated by Malcolm Heath25 May 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 28 words
of Olbiopolis,1 sophist and historian. [He wrote] On the Ocean and related matters;2 On the So-called Tyric Land; Attic Histories (in 4 books); Libyca (in 11 books); etc.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ποσειδώνιος, Ὀλβιοπολίτης, σοφιστὴς καὶ ἱστορικός. Περὶ τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ καὶ τῶν κατ' αὐτόν, Περὶ τῆς Τυρικῆς καλουμένης χώρας, Ἀττικὰς ἱστορίας ἐν βιβλίοις δʹ, Λιβυκὰ ἐν βιβλίοις ιαʹ, καὶ ἄλλα τινά.

Betacode
*poseidw/nios, *)olbiopoli/ths, sofisth\s kai\ i(storiko/s. *peri\ tou= *)wkeanou= kai\ tw=n kat' au)to/n, *peri\ th=s *turikh=s kaloume/nhs xw/ras, *)attika\s i(stori/as e)n bibli/ois d#, *libuka\ e)n bibli/ois ia#, kai\ a)/lla tina/.

Notes (2)

  1. See generally RE Poseidonios(6); OCD4 Posidonius(1); FGrH 279 (?= 169, in which case datable to C2 BC; otherwise probably C2 AD).
  2. 1a.k.a. Olbia, at the top of the Black Sea. ↩
  3. 2This is in fact the work of [pi 2107] Posidonius of Apamea. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 24 May 2016
  1. coding — David Whitehead
  2. updated a ref — David Whitehead
  3. another note — David Whitehead
  4. augmented note; added a keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Revised — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Malcolm Heath

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