Aphrodisianus

Aphrodisianus (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδισιανός) was a Persian man who wrote in Ancient Greek a work called Description of the East (or A Picture of the World), a fragment of which is given by the 17th century philologist Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange.[1][2] An extract from this work is said to exist in the royal library at Vienna (now the Austrian National Library).

He was also quoted as a reference in the Chronicle of Hippolytus of Thebes and in the anonymous work known as the Ravenna Cosmography.[3]

Aphrodisianus also wrote a historical work on the Christian Mary.[4] Some speculate that this Aphrodisianus was a different author from the one who wrote Description of the East.[3][5]

## Notes

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1. ^ Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Ad Zonar. p. 50
2. ^ Cooley, William Desborough (1830). The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery. Vol. 1\. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. p. 176. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
3. ^ a b Schmitz, Leonhard (1843). "Aphrodisianus". The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Vol. 3\. Longman, Brown. p. 143. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
4. ^ Johann Albert Fabricius, Bibliotheca Graeca xi. p. 578
5. ^ Gerardus Vossius, De Historicis Graecis, p. 394, ed. Anton Westermann

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, Philip (1870). "Aphrodisianus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1\. p. 224.

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