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Adamantius on the skills of physiognomist (1)

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05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore


 		Keywords
Greece
omens
physiognomy
Period
2nd century BCE
Roman Empire 		Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Polemo F.1.2, F.1.6-11, F.1.13-299:
… having been trained, I know it should be used like holy shrines, as a worthy gift to pass on through writing, as it will be a great help to others … the answer comes from things which are mute … it speaks as if with signs, Nature announces the ways of each person, from some god-sent, unerring divination, the physiognomist knows the habits and inclination of all men, so to speak.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Polemo F.1.2
Polemo F.1.6-11
Polemo F.1.13-299

Bibliography

Barton 1994, 106-107Barton, Tamsyn. Power and Knowledge, Astrology, Physiognomics, and Medicine under the Roman Empire. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 1994.

Amar Annus


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