Nicholas of Damascus — ܢܝܩܘܠܐܘܣ ܕܕܪܡܣܘܩ
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Nicolaus of Damascus; ܢܝܩܘܠܐܘܣ ܕܕܪܡܣܘܩ; Nicholas of Damascus
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/656
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/SRP|person_656
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/19649480
identifier: http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85-344961
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/247706813
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/172603615
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/103645644
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/100107187
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=N&sK=Nicolaus of Damascus&sT=keywords
Historian and peripatetic philosopher, who served as adviser to Herod the Great (74-4 BC). Excerpts from the Syriac version of his compendium covering Aristotle’s works on natural philosophy and metaphysics (‘On the philosophy of Aristotle’) are preserved in ms. Cambridge, Gg. 2.14 (copied in 15/16th cent.?).
birth: ca. 64 BC
death: after 4 BC
state: Author
H. Takahashi Nicolaus of Damascus The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 307 307
A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Nicolaus of Damascus