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ε733Ἐλαΐδαςolive-trees… On the Causes of Plants 5.15.5, Enquiry into Plants 3.8.2; Pliny the Elder, Natural History 19.95).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2223Ἐπὶ ἀσπίδα καὶ βασιλίσκον ἐπιβήσῃyou will step on an asp and a basilisk… which was believed to cause death by a single glance. Pliny the Elder describes the basilisk of Cyrene in his Natural History 8.33.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1007ἘμπεδότιμοςEmpedotimos, Empedotimus… a Pythagorean philosopher of the C6 BCE mentioned by Aristotle, Pliny the Elder, Plutarch and Lucian, amongst others). For a recent discussion, unimpressed by the arguments against the historicity of Empedotimos (who does bear …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3123ἘσσαῖοιEssenes, Essaioi… 344.19-21. The Essaioi or Essenoi are mentioned by Philo, Josephus, Pliny, and later authors (see Catholic Encyclopedia entry by E.P. Graham at web address 1, Jewish Encyclopedia entry by Kaufmann Kohler at web address …Matched in noteshighmedium