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== [[Zirkoff, Boris]] == | == [[Zirkoff, Boris]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Strabo}}'''. Celebrated Greek geographer born at Amasea in Pontus, ca. 54 В. C. Studied at Nyssa under Aristodemus, at Amisus under Tyrannion, and at Seleucia under Xenarchus. Proceeded then to Alexandrea where he attached himself first to the peripatetic Boethus of Sidon, then to Athenodorus of Tarsus. Visited various parts of Asia Minor, Syria, Phoenicia and Egypt, as far as Syene and the Cataracts of the Nile. On intimate terms with Aelius Gallus, Roman Governor of Egypt. Later travelled in Greece, Macedonia and Italy. At an advanced age, compiled his ''Geography'', in 17 books, which has come down practically complete. It bears evidence of a philosophical and reflective mind, disciplined by science. Strabo’s celebrity, however, seems to date only from the Middle Ages. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Strabo}}'''. Celebrated Greek geographer born at Amasea in Pontus, ca. 54 В. C. Studied at Nyssa under Aristodemus, at Amisus under Tyrannion, and at Seleucia under Xenarchus. Proceeded then to Alexandrea where he attached himself first to the peripatetic Boethus of Sidon, then to Athenodorus of Tarsus. Visited various parts of Asia Minor, Syria, Phoenicia and Egypt, as far as Syene and the Cataracts of the Nile. On intimate terms with Aelius Gallus, Roman Governor of Egypt. Later travelled in Greece, Macedonia and Italy. At an advanced age, compiled his ''Geography'', in 17 books, which has come down practically complete. It bears evidence of a philosophical and reflective mind, disciplined by science. Strabo’s celebrity, however, seems to date only from the Middle Ages. | ||
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|detail = vol. 5, p. 382 | |detail = vol. 5, p. 382 | ||
|link = Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#382 | |link = Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#382 | ||
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'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Strabo}}''' (1st cent, {{Style S-Small capitals|b.c.}}), *''Geographica''. Loeb Class. Libr. See Vol. V, p. 382, for biogr. data. | |||
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|author=Boris de Zirkoff | |||
|title=H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings | |||
|detail=vol. 11, p. 591 | |||
|link=Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#591 | |||
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