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Encyclopedia - Aesop: Encyclopedia - Aesop
Aesop, or Æsop (from the Greek Aisopos), known only for his fables, was by tradition a slave of African descent who lived from about 620...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ptolemy: Encyclopedia - Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemaeus (Greek: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος; ca. 100 – ca. 178), known in English as Ptolemy, was an ancient geo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aesop's Fables: Encyclopedia - Aesop's Fables
Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop (circa 620 BC – 560 BC), a slave and story-teller living ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1260: Encyclopedia - 1260
For broader historical context, see 1260s and 13th century. 1260 - Events. 1260 - Europe. September 4 - The Senese Ghibellines, supp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1330: Encyclopedia - 1330
1330 - Events. The Bulgars under Michael III are beaten by the Serbs at Velbuzhd, and large parts of Bulgaria fall to Serbia. October ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Anthology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Anthology - Style And Value
One of the principal claims of the Anthology to attention is derived from its continuity, its existence as a living and growing body of p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ptolemy: Encyclopedia Ii - Ptolemy - Geographia
Ptolemy's other main work is his Geographia. This too is a compilation of what was known about the world's geography in the Roman Empire ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1260: Encyclopedia Ii - 1260 - Events
1260 - Europe. September 4 - The Senese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of King Manfred of Sicily, defeats the Florentine Guelph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aesop's Fables: Encyclopedia Ii - Aesop's Fables - Origins
According to the Greek historian Herodotus, the fables were invented by a slave named Aesop who lived in Ancient Greece during the 6th ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Literature - Influences
If Byzantine literature is the expression of the intellectual life of the Hellenized populace of the Eastern Roman Empire during the Chri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aesop: Encyclopedia Ii - Aesop - Life
The place of Aesop's birth is uncertain – Thrace, Phrygia, Aethiopia, Samos, Athens and Sardis all claim the honour. Some scholars beli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ptolemy: Encyclopedia Ii - Ptolemy - Ptolemy And Astrology
Ptolemy's treatise on astrology, the Tetrabiblos, was the most popular astrological work of antiquity and also enjoyed great influence in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Literature - The Byzantine Mosaic
The Roman supremacy in governmental life did not disappear, amplified as it was by its union with the Eastern despotic traditions of rule...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aesop: Encyclopedia Ii - Aesop - Aesop's Fables
Main article: Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop. Aesop's Fables has also be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ptolemy: Encyclopedia Ii - Ptolemy - Ptolemy And Astrology
Ptolemy's treatise on astrology, the Tetrabiblos, was the most popular astrological work of antiquity and also enjoyed great influence in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Anthology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Anthology - Literary History Of The Greek Anthology
The art of occasional poetry had been cultivated in Greece from an early period,--less, however, as the vehicle of personal feeling, than...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aesop's Fables: Encyclopedia Ii - Aesop's Fables - Aesop
Main article: Aesop Aesop (from the Greek Aisopos), famous for his fables, was arguably a slave of African descent who had lived from ...   » Read the article