Empedocles

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tlg1342
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Name:
Empedocles
Abbr:
Emp.
Alt names:
Ἐμπεδοκλῆς
Empedoklēs
Empédocle
Ėmpedokl
Empédocles
Empedocles, Poeta Philosophus
Emp.
Field of activity:
Epigrammatist
Philosopher
Presocratic
Lyric Poet
Notes:
O'Brien, D. Pour interpréter Empédocle, 1981: t.p. (Empédocle) p. 1 (Empedocles)
Semushkin, A. V. Ėmpedokl, 1985
Hē prosōkratikē philosophia kai hoi synchrones physikes epistēmes, 1997: t.p. (Empedoklēs) p. 165 (Empedocles
b. around 490 B.C.) p. 166 (committed suicide by jumping in the volcano of Etna)
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 147
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 2, 1867, p. 12-14: "Empedocles, of Acragas (Agrigentum) in Sicily....
Brill's New Pauly: "Pre-Socratic (c. 490-430 BC). His most important works: the Nature poem ‘On the origins of the world’ (so-called Περὶ φύσεως, Perì phýseōs) and the ‘Purifications’ (Καθαρμοί, Katharmoí), both in epic hexameters. ...." Bollack, Jean (Paris)
"Empedocles." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2009. Brill Online.
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Wikipedia
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