Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland

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Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World:  The Websites of Philip A. Harland

Category Archives: poisonings

Persians: Apuleius of Madaura’s defence against the charge of harmful Magian actions (ca. 158 CE)

Posted in (02) Greek and Roman perspectives and stereotypes on other peoples, ancient ethnography / ethnographic culture, Apuleius (Numidian / Gaetulian), ethnicity in the ancient world, Gaitulians / Gaetulians (in northern Africa), murder, Numidians (subset of Libyans), Persians / Iranians / Magians, Plato / Pseudo-Plato (Greek), poisonings, Pythagoras (Greek) on January 19, 2023 by Philip A. Harland.

Persians: Philo on true Magian skill and its criminal counterfeit (early first century CE)

Posted in (05) Judeans (Jews) and Jesus adherents as participants in ethnographic culture, ancient ethnography / ethnographic culture, ethnicity in the ancient world, Persians / Iranians / Magians, Philo of Alexandria (Judean / Jewish), poisonings on March 14, 2024 by Philip A. Harland.

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