α4647Ἀφρικανός
Africanus
Called Sectus, a philosopher, a Libyan, he wrote the Kestoi ["Charmed Girdles"] in 24 books. They are physical treatises, of a sort, containing spells from the words and the charms and certain written characters and…
Ἀφρικανός, ὁ Σέκτος χρηματίσας, φιλόσοφος, Λίβυς, ὁ τοὺς Κεστοὺς γεγραφὼς ἐν βιβλίοις κδʹ. εἰσὶ δὲ οἱονεὶ φυσικὰ, ἔχοντα ἐκ λόγων τε καὶ ἐπαοιδῶν καὶ γραπτῶν τινων χαρακτήρων…
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