Greek authors

See E. Rummel, Erasmus and His Catholic Critics 1 147,152 2 101,161 Juan Sepulveda criticized Erasmus for his familiarity with the Greek author in Antapologia (Rome, 1532), B iv verso. 

Greek mythology is littered with toxic tales. One of the many examples is Achilles humiliating death toward the end of the Trojan War. Paris let loose a poison arrow which lodged in his heel, the one vulnerable spot on his body. Poison arrows were used extensively by Odysseus and other warriors in the Homeric cycle and legends penned by other classical Greek authors and playwrights. 

The name orpiment is originally derived from the Latin aurip-igmentum, literally gold paint and this term is used by both Pliny (77 AD) and Vitruvius (first century BC) the latter notes that it was derived from the Pontus in Northern Anatolia. Theophrastus (c.315 BC) and other Greek authors give the name arsenikon from which the modem arsenic is derived. Ancient... 

Unless otherwise indicated, all translations and paraphrases of ancient sources are my own. Greek authors who are edited in Oxford Classical Text editions are generally quoted from that series for other Greek authors, the text usually is that of the Bud edition. Unless the distinction is relevant to my discussion, I do not differentiate between speeches or other works properly bearing the name of an ancient author, and those of doubtful attribution. ... 

This Volume Contains the Works of the Pseudonymous Eirenaeus Philalethes, an Alchemist Purported to Have Discovered the Philosopher s Stone. First Printings of These Tracts Appeared Between 1654 and 1683. This Is the First Collection of All Contemporaneously English Treatises of Philalethes. Only Two Tracts Remain Unpublished in English. More Then 300 Years After the Publications of the Rich Works Contained Herein the Identity of Eirenaeus Philalethes Is Still Secreted in a Labyrinth of Circumstantial Clues. The Mysterious, Nearly Mythological Author Stands As the Perfect Metaphor for the Enigma of Pseudonyms and Symbolism of the Hermetic Practices. Philalethes Is the Latinization of the Greek and Translated "Lover of Truth."... 

A discussion and comparison of the different terms for elixir in various languages. The author disputes the generally accepted belief that the concept of elixir is absent in Greek alchemy... 

Rev. Version of the Author s Thesis, Claremont College, 1977. Includes the Text of Corpus Hermeticum XIII in English and Greek... 

Lead concentrations in maternal and umbilical cord blood have been reported by Greek researchers for 50 parturient women at delivery. Twenty-five of the women lived in industrial areas with high air pollution, and twenty-five lived in agricultural areas with low air pollution. The mean lead concentrations (expressed as mean standard deviation) for the women living in areas with high air pollution were 37.2 4.7 pg/L in maternal blood and 20 3.4 pg/L in umbilical cord blood (correlation coefficient, r = 0.57). The mean lead concentrations for the women living in areas with low air pollution were 20.5 5.6 pg/L in maternal blood and 12.9 3.6 pg/L in umbilical cord blood (correlation coefficient, r = 0.70). The authors conclude that the placenta demonstrates a dynamic protective function that is amplified when maternal PbB levels are raised (Vasilios et al. 1997). 

The authors would like to thank Dr J.L. Halary for valuable discussions and help in the field of polarized luminescence experiments. Scholarship support to I. Iliopoulos from the Greek State Scholarship Foundation is also gratefully acknowledged. 

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