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Nimrod the Persian (1)

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01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery




 		Keywords
Nimrod
Persia
Period
6th century CE
Byzantine Empire 		Channel
Byzantine philosophers and scholars

Text
Malalas, Chronicle 1.7:
There was another man of the tribe of Shem, named Cush, an Ethiopian, who became the father of Nimrod the giant, who built Babylon. The Persians say that he was deified and became the star in the heaven which they call Orion. He was the first to practice hunting, and he provided everyone with wild animals to eat and was a leader amongst the Persians.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Malalas, Chronicle 1.7

Bibliography

Jeffreys, Jeffreys and Scott 1986, 5-6Jeffreys, E., M. Jeffreys and R. Scott. The Chronicle of John Malalas. A Translation. Byzantina Australiensia 4. Melbourne: Australian Association for Byzantine Studies 1986.

Amar Annus


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