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Title: Palladius: De Gentibus Indiae Et Bragmanibus
Description: Verlag Anton Hain, 1967. Softcover. Scholars name on ffep (Kenneth Snipes) else fine. ; Text in Greek, notes and introduction in German. De gentibus Indiae et Bragmanibus by Palladius (V century) describes the voyage to India of a scholasticus from Egyptian Thebes, who ends up on the mythical island of Taprobane (Sri Lanka). This island presents analogies with other utopian islands of the Hellenistic tradition; for instance, the inhabitants live happy and extremely long lives. ; Beiträge Zur Klassischen Philologie Heft 24; 86 pages. Near Fine .

Keywords: Indo-european India Byzantine Studies Theology Brahmanism Indology Greek Literature

Price: US$ 110.00 Seller: Ancient World Books
- Book number: 6777

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