Geo Widengren
(1907–1996), a historian of religions with particular emphasis on the ancient Near East and Iran, celebrated for his exceptional command of Near Eastern and ancient Iranian languages. See WIDENGREN, GEO.
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AUGUSTINE, prominent Christian theologian and philosopher, born 354 in Thagaste, Numidia. In 373 he became a Manichean and for nine…
- ĀSŌRISTĀN
ĀSŌRISTĀN, name of the Sasanian province of Babylonia. It is known from Šāpūr I’s inscription on the Kaʿba-ye Zardošt in…
- ARBĀYISTĀN
ARBĀYISTĀN, name of a Mesopotamian province in the Sasanian empire. It is known from Šāpūr I’s inscription on the Kaʿba-ye…
- ANTIOCHUS OF COMMAGENE
ANTIOCHUS OF COMMAGENE (full title Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philoromaios Philhellen, Theos signifying his divinity), Seleucid ruler, the son of Mithradates…
- ALEXANDER OF LYCOPOLIS
ALEXANDER OF LYCOPOLIS, apparently a Neoplatonic philosopher living in Egypt about 300 CE. He is known exclusively from his Greek…