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On Anthimus and his work

Vox Patrum, 2022
In the Church Fathers’ teachings there are numerous references to medical knowledge, including those concerning dietetics. They were, however, not meant to be used to heal the faithful but they were a resource of morally elevating metaphors appropriate ...
Maciej Kokoszko
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Riding the monsoon: Geography and Iron Age trade in the Indian Ocean

The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 312-341, February 2026.
Abstract This paper exploits ancient textual sources to develop a database of ancient trade in the Indian Ocean and model trade in the region during the Iron Age. Wind‐speed data are used to construct a gravity model of trade and are combined with detailed textual data from the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea to analyse historical development trends in ...
Conrad Copeland
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Qaryat al‐Fāw/Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim: On the identity of the god Kahl

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 136-154, November 2024.
Abstract Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim (‘the City of [the god] Kahl’) is the Ancient South Arabian name of the modern site of Qaryat al‐Fāw. This compound refers to the tutelary deity of the city, in this case, a god called Kahl. However, the identity of this Kahl is obscure.
Juan de Lara
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Meetings with the ‘Naked Philosophers’ as a Case Study for the Greco-Indian Relations in the Time of Alexander [PDF]

Studia Hercynia, 2021
The meetings with Indian gymnosophists (γυμνοσοφισταί) or ‘naked philosophers’ are one of the most popular motifs from the stories of Alexander the Great.
Olga Kubica
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Beyond gatekeeping: Philosophical sources, Indigenous philosophy, and the Huarochirí Manuscript

Metaphilosophy, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 365-380, July 2024.
Abstract This paper argues for a broad definition of philosophical sources and how Indigenous traditional knowledge fits that definition. It concludes by showing how, following the previous two points, an Indigenous document such as the Huarochirí Manuscript can be considered a philosophical source by academic philosophers. The paper has three sections:
Jorge Sanchez‐Perez
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Indian Rivers Seen by the Greeks of the Roman Imperial Period: from Geographical Precision to Exotic Dreams

Indialogs: Spanish Journal of India Studies, 2015
The image of Indian rivers given by Greek authors in the Roman imperial period depends on the literary genre they chose : specialists of geography and history like Strabo or Arrian wonder about the reliability of the observations formerly made by the ...
Claire Muckensturm Poulle
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The Hypothesis of the Arsacids’ Descent from the Achaemenids: Myth or Reality?

Banber Arevelagitut'yan Instituti
In the 40s of the last century, J. Wolski proposed a thesis, still dominant in historiography, arguing that the story of Arrian which reached us thanks to his work “Parthica” that the Arsacid dynasty, the founder of Parthian state, descended from the ...
Arthur Melikyan
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Alexander's administration of Egypt and the ostracon from Memphis: a research contribution [PDF]

Časopis Ksio
Having conquered Egypt, Alexander the Great was aware of the country’s paramount geopolitical significance. Therefore, he sought to eliminate all elements that could lead to its secession from central authority and established an administrative system ...
Miloš Macan
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Le masque de Socrate dans le théâtre du monde d’Épictète-Arrien

Aitia, 2022
Arrian is the only person responsible for Epictetus’ Dissertationes as a literary work. He adopts the strategy of the disciple who makes himself invisible to better ensure the effectiveness of his master’s speeches.
Pedro Pablo Fuentes González
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Arrian as Legate of Cappadocia [PDF]

The English Historical Review, 1896
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