Guide to Poseidonios of Apameia

Citation with stable link: Philip A. Harland, 'Guide to Poseidonios of Apameia,' Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World, last modified February 28, 2024, https://philipharland.com/Blog/?p=18230.

This post is aimed at providing a guide for reading through ethnographic passages on this website from Poseidonios’ lost works (first century BCE):

  • Celts, Ethiopians and peoples in the middle in the context of the climates – Kidd, fragment 49B (link)
  • Parthians’ royal banquets – Kidd, fragment 57 (link)
  • Celts – Kidd, fragments 67-69 (link)
  • Kimbrians – Kidd, fragment 72 (link)
  • Iberians – Kidd, fragment 224 (link)
  • Moesians / Mysians – Kidd, fragment 277a (link)
  • Judeans and supposed donkey-worship – Kidd, fragment 278 (link)
  • Judeans, Moses, and subsequent decline (perhaps Poseidonios) (link)
  • Syrians and Aramaians – Kidd, fragment 280 (link)
  • Barbarian wisdom and inventors via Seneca – Kidd, fragment 284 (link)
  • Phoenician wise man Mochos of Sidon – Kidd, fragment 285 (link)

 

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