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Libyans, Iberians, and Celts: Cicero on controlling “savage” peoples (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

29 Apr 2024

Lycians, Lydians, and Egyptians: Pseudo-Plutarch on the effeminacy of grief (third-fourth centuries CE)original ↗

29 Apr 2024

Barbarians: Plutarch on the bad influence of barbarian slaves on Greek children (early second century CE)original ↗

28 Apr 2024

Egyptian and Persian wisdom: Plutarch on the “barbarian-lover” Herodotos (early second century CE)original ↗

28 Apr 2024

Egyptian wisdom: Plutarch on wise Egyptian priests and on Isis and Osiris (early second century CE)original ↗

28 Apr 2024

Egyptians: Lykeas of Naukratis on Egyptian kings and meals (first century CE or earlier)original ↗

26 Apr 2024

Libyan perspectives: Juba of Numidia on ethnographic matters (late first century BCE)original ↗

25 Apr 2024

Karmanians, Ichthyophagians, and others: Nearchos, Onesikritos, Juba, and Pliny on the area around the Persian Gulf and Red Sea (fourth century BCE-first century CE)original ↗

25 Apr 2024

Thracians: Charon of Lampsakos on relations between Bisaltians and Greek Kardians (mid-fifth century BCE)original ↗

25 Apr 2024

Phoenician diasporas: Timaios of Tauromenion, Trogus, and Appian on Tyrians, on the founding of Carthage and on child sacrifice (first century BCE)original ↗

24 Apr 2024

Egyptians, Lydians, Cilicians, and other peoples: Kratinos, Aristophanes, Suetonius and others on “Egyptianizing” and other ethnicizing stereotypes (sixth century BCE on)original ↗

22 Apr 2024

Persians and Thessalians: Lucan compares Thessalian women’s techniques to Magian ones (mid-first century CE)original ↗

21 Apr 2024

Persians: Varro on Pythagoras’ and Numa’s adoption of Persian forms of divination (first century BCE / early fifth century CE)original ↗

20 Apr 2024

Persians: Apion of Alexandria on Pases the Magian (first century CE)original ↗

20 Apr 2024

Persian wisdom: Celsus and Origen on Magians and on Moses and Jesus as howlers of chants (second-third centuries CE)original ↗

11 Apr 2024

Persians: Agathias on the divergent customs of Zoroaster’s Magians (sixth century CE and earlier)original ↗

3 Apr 2024

Babylonian diasporas: Josephos and other Judeans on legends of migration from Babel (first-second centuries CE)original ↗

31 Mar 2024

Babylonian diasporas: Hippolytos and Epiphanios on legends of migration from Babel (third-fourth centuries CE)original ↗

31 Mar 2024

Persian diasporas: Pseudo-Clement, Eusebios, Epiphanios, and Basil on the Magusaeans and their customs (third century CE on)original ↗

30 Mar 2024

Persians, Babylonians, and Egyptians: Pseudo-Clementines on Zoroaster and the origins of Magian skill (second-fourth centuries CE)original ↗

29 Mar 2024

Persian wisdom: Celsus on mysteries of Mithras as a source of ancient wisdom (mid-second century CE)original ↗

28 Mar 2024

Persian wisdom: Euboulos and Porphyry of Tyre on Zoroaster and the cave (third century CE)original ↗

27 Mar 2024

Judeans, Syrians, Indians, and others: Porphyry of Tyre on abstinence from meat (third century CE)original ↗

27 Mar 2024

Persian, Babylonian, and Indian wisdom: Pseudo-Lucian on long-living sages and peoples (third century CE and earlier)original ↗

27 Mar 2024

Persian wisdom: Aelian on the Magians’ predictions about the savage Artaxerxes III (late second century)original ↗

27 Mar 2024

Greek diasporas: Aristoxenos of Tarentum on barbarizing to Tyrrhenian ways (fourth century BCE)original ↗

25 Mar 2024

Pontic peoples: Phlyarchos on traits and customs of Thibians and Scythians (early second century BCE)original ↗

25 Mar 2024

Indians: Phylarchos on roots for sexual restraint (early second century BCE)original ↗

23 Mar 2024

Egyptian wisdom: Apuleius on Zatchlas the Egyptian prophet who calls up the dead (late second century CE)original ↗

23 Mar 2024

Sarmatians, Huns, and Goths: Olympiodoros of Thebes on statues as protection against invasions (early fifth century CE)original ↗

22 Mar 2024

Israelites, Egyptians, Idumeans, Scythians, and others: Origen on ethnic hierarchies and their spiritual equivalents (mid-third century CE)original ↗

20 Mar 2024

Egyptian perspectives: Memphites on the goddess Isis and the origins of civilization among Egyptians (first century BCE on)original ↗

18 Mar 2024

Mediterranean peoples: Pausanias, ethnographic interests, and local traditions (mid-second century CE)original ↗

16 Mar 2024

Babylonian wisdom: Philo on Abraham’s migration away from Chaldean astrology (early first century CE)original ↗

16 Mar 2024

Judean wisdom: Philo on the superiority of Moses and Judean ancestral customs (first century CE)original ↗

16 Mar 2024

Gauls, Kimbrians, Numidians, Indians, and others: Valerius Maximus’ collection of “barbarian customs” (early first century CE)original ↗

15 Mar 2024

Babylonian wisdom: Gellius on Favorinus’ speech against Chaldean astrology (mid-second century CE)original ↗

15 Mar 2024

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

14 Mar 2024

Persians: Deinon, Chrysippos, and Cicero on their character and customs (third century BCE / mid-first century BCE)original ↗

14 Mar 2024

Persians: Cattulus’ poem smearing Magians as incestuous (early first century BCE)original ↗

14 Mar 2024

Persians and Medes: Douris, Herakleides, Klearchos, and others on royal banquets (fifth-fourth centuries BCE)original ↗

14 Mar 2024

Persian / Hyperborean wisdom: Anonymous author on Gobryas the Magian and the bronze tablets about death and judgment (first century BCE)original ↗

14 Mar 2024

Persian wisdom: Herakleides of Pontos on the Magian who circumnavigated Libya (mid-fourth century BCE)original ↗

14 Mar 2024

Assyrian and Egyptian wisdom: Platonic author on Greek perfection of barbarian astral observation (late-fourth century BCE)original ↗

14 Mar 2024

Guide to Theopompos of Chios original ↗

13 Mar 2024

Lydians: Xanthos of Lydia on kings and luxurious customs (mid-fifth century BCE)original ↗

13 Mar 2024

Eusebeians and Machimians in an alternative world: Theopompos on pious and war-like peoples (mid-fourth century BCE)original ↗

11 Mar 2024

Persian wisdom: Theopompos of Chios and Plutarch on Magians and Zoroaster (fourth century BCE and later)original ↗

11 Mar 2024

Scythians: Theopompos on a dish made from horses’ milk (mid-fourth century BCE)original ↗

11 Mar 2024

Thracians: Theopompos on king Kotys I’s obsession with banquets (mid-fourth century BCE)original ↗

11 Mar 2024

Tyrrhenians: Theopompos on the Etruscans’ supposed sexual deviance and freedom (mid-fourth century BCE)original ↗

11 Mar 2024

Persians: Derveni papyrus on the activities of Magians (ca. 400 BCE)original ↗

10 Mar 2024

Persians: Hippokratic author on the “sacred” disease and Magian attempts at healing (ca. 400 BCE)original ↗

10 Mar 2024

Phrygians: Euripides’ cowardly and inferior easterner via the slave character in Orestes (408 BCE)original ↗

8 Mar 2024

Persians: Aeschylus on “barbarian” hierarchy, luxury, and emotionalism (472 BCE)original ↗

6 Mar 2024

Syrians: Apuleius on “effeminate” priests of Atargatis (late second century CE)original ↗

6 Mar 2024

Phrygians: Diodoros on Battakes the priest of the great Mother visiting Rome (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

5 Mar 2024

Cilicians: Roman authorities, Cicero, and Florus on a population of “pirates” (100-67 BCE)original ↗

5 Mar 2024

Syrian diasporas: Diodoros and Florus on Eunous of Apameia’s leadership of the slave rebellion on Sicily (mid-first century BCE / second century CE)original ↗

5 Mar 2024

Thracians: Diodoros on the cruelty and lawlessness of the kings Diegylis and Zibelmios (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

4 Mar 2024

Iberians: Diodoros on Viriathus and the Lusitanians’ resistance to Roman rule (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

4 Mar 2024

Thracians: Diodoros on Dromichaites and Kotys as wise Thracian kings (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

4 Mar 2024

Sikelians, Sikanians, Sardinians and Iolaeians: Diodoros on ancient migrations and local customs on Sicily (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

3 Mar 2024

Isaurians: Diodoros on their bravery and noble death (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

3 Mar 2024

Indians and peoples on the way: Diodoros on Alexander’s conquests (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

2 Mar 2024

Babylonian and Persian wisdom: Various authors on reception and expulsion of Chaldeans, Magians, and other foreign experts at Rome (first century CE on)original ↗

2 Mar 2024

Celtic, Indian, and Assyrian wisdom: Polyhistor on Pythagoras’ education by wise barbarians (first century BCE)original ↗

29 Feb 2024

Getians: Hellanikos and others on Zamolxis (fifth century BCE on)original ↗

29 Feb 2024

Egyptian / Persian / Judean wisdom: Judean legends of Jannes and Jambres as Magians in the Exodus account (third century CE and earlier)original ↗

29 Feb 2024

Guide to the Pseudo-Clementine writings original ↗

29 Feb 2024

Thracians: Greeks and Thracians honouring the Thracian goddess Bendis (fifth-third centuries BCE)original ↗

29 Feb 2024

Persians, Thracians, and Amazons: Isocrates on Athenian superiority and barbarian weakness (fourth century BCE)original ↗

28 Feb 2024

Romans: Rabbis on four successive imperial powers – Babylonians, Medes, Greeks, Romans (fifth century CE and earlier)original ↗

27 Feb 2024

Celts, Ethiopians and peoples in the middle: Polybios, Poseidonios, and Strabo on climate zones (mid-second century on)original ↗

26 Feb 2024

Guide to Polybios of Megalopolis original ↗

26 Feb 2024

Lydians: Diodoros on materialistic Croesus, consultation of Anacharsis and other sages, and Persian conquest (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

22 Feb 2024

Persians: Diodoros on expansionism and arrogance of Persian kings (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

21 Feb 2024

Medes: Diodoros on Datis and legends of an Athenian-Median connection (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

21 Feb 2024

Guide to Alexander Polyhistor original ↗

20 Feb 2024

Ethiopians: Alexander Polyhistor on Memnonians as wild and war-like (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

20 Feb 2024

Scythians: Alexander Polyhistor on Iamians and just Abians (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

20 Feb 2024

Egyptian perspectives: Isidoros’ hymns in praise of the goddess Hermouthis and legendary pharaohs (early first century BCE)original ↗

20 Feb 2024

Guide to Ephoros of Kyme original ↗

17 Feb 2024

Guide to Poseidonios of Apameia original ↗

17 Feb 2024

2023

Celts: Inhabitants of Myrina with images of Galatian warriors (second century BCE)original ↗

17 Nov 2023

Celts: Livy on the Galatian invasion of Asia Minor and the Roman army’s subsequent victory, ca. 189 BCE (late first century BCE)original ↗

16 Nov 2023

Celts: Livy on legends of the Gauls’ fourth century BCE migrations and an invasion of Rome (late first century BCE)original ↗

16 Nov 2023

Celts: Kyzikos monument with Herakles clubbing a Galatian (278/277 BCE)original ↗

8 Nov 2023

Celts: Anyte and Parthenios on wife abductions during the Galatian invasion (third-first century BCE)original ↗

3 Nov 2023

Barbarians and Greeks: Theophrastos theorizes hierarchical relations of humans and animals (fourth century BCE)original ↗

26 Oct 2023

Europeans, Asians, and Greeks: Aristotle on hierarchies, slaves, and environmental determinism (fourth century BCE)original ↗

26 Oct 2023

Judean wisdom: Tatian the Assyrian on the priority of Moses’ “barbarian wisdom” (second century CE)original ↗

20 Oct 2023

Persian and Babylonian wisdom: Pseudo-Demokritos and others on Demokritos’ training by Magians and Chaldeans (first century BCE on)original ↗

16 Oct 2023