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Palladius, Wilhelm Berghoff (Hrsg. )

PALLADIUS: DE GENTIBUS INDIAE ET BRAGMANIBUS Near Fine

Verlag Anton Hain, 1967

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Year of publication
1967
Author
Palladius, Wilhelm Berghoff (Hrsg. )
Publishers
Verlag Anton Hain
Keyword
Indo-european India Byzantine Studies Theology Brahmanism, Indology Greek Literature
Cover description
Near Fine
Binding description
Softcover

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Scholars name on ffep (Kenneth Snipes) else fine. ; Text in Greek, notes and introduction in German. De gentibus Indiae et Bragmanibus by Palladius (V century) describes the voyage to India of a scholasticus from Egyptian Thebes, who ends up on the mythical island of Taprobane (Sri Lanka). This island presents analogies with other utopian islands of the Hellenistic tradition; for instance, the inhabitants live happy and extremely long lives. ; Beitrдge Zur Klassischen Philologie Heft 24; 86 pages
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