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Lucius Cornelius Alexander Polyhistor, c. 105 BC - 35 BC. Erudite Greek scholar who was sold into slavery in Rome, later freed and made a Roman citizen. His writings, said to have been extensive, survive only through quotes in the writings of others. His precise philosophical affiliation, if any, is unclear; he may have been largely a historian of philosophy.

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• Alexander Polyhistor

  http://www.iep.utm.edu/alexpoly/
  Article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Discusses the extant philosophical fragments of this author, and what they may imply about his own teachings.

• Fragments of Chaldean History, Berossus

  http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/af/af02.htm
  Polyhistor's account of Berossus' history of Babylonia. From I.P. Cory's 1832 translation.

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