Hierokleous Philosophou Hypomne ma eis ta to n Pythagoreion epe ta chrysa. Hieroclis philosophi Commentarius in Aurea Pythagoreorum carmina
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London: Printed by J.R. for J.Williams... and are to be sold by Henry Dickinson of Cambridge, , 1673. 8vo. 2 parts in 1 volume, pp. [xxxii], 433, [lxvii], 271, [i]. Greek text with Latin facing, some very light spotting and toning. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, rebacked preserving original fully gilt spine, headcaps renewed. Faint ecclesiatical ink stamp to title (possibly a convent of Discalced Carmelites). Commentary on the Golden Verses of the Pythagoreans composed by the Neoplatonist philospher Hierocles in the fifth-century. The translation is by the 16th century Parisian scholar Joannes Curterius (possibly Jean Courtier?), and our edition also features commentaries by Casuabon and Pearson. Book
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- Title
- Hierokleous Philosophou Hypomne ma eis ta to n Pythagoreion epe ta chrysa. Hieroclis philosophi Commentarius in Aurea Pythagoreorum carmina
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- Hierocles of Alexandria:
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- Used
- Publisher
- Printed by J.R. for J.Williams... and are to be sold by Henry Dickinson of Cambridge,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1673
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- Classical & Byzantine Literature & Philosophy;
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