A LIST OF SOURCES 



KHAMURABI, CODE OF. See vol. i., p. 76. 



This famous inscription is on a block of black diorite 

 nearly eight feet in height. It was discovered at Susa 

 by the French expedition under M. de Morgan in Decem- 

 ber, 1901. 



LEUCIPPUS. See vol. i., p. 161. 



PLINY (Caius Plinius Secundus). See vol. i., p. 265. 



His Natural History is available in several English 

 editions and reprints. Perhaps the best edition of the 

 original text is the one published by Julius Sillig, 5 vols., 

 Leipzig, 1854-1859. 

 PLUTARCH. See vol. i., p. 198. 



Life of Marcellus, in Parallel Lives. In this the 

 mechanical inventions of Archimedes are described. 

 POLYBIUS. See vol. i., p. 201. 



In his Histories Polybius describes the mechanical 

 contrivances and war -engines of Archimedes, and also 

 gives an account of his death. 

 PTOLEMY (Claudius Ptolemaeus). See vol. i., p. 269. 



Geographia (or Almagest of the Arabs). The edition 

 published by Nobbe, in 3 vols., Leipzig, 1842, was one 

 of the best complete editions of the Greek text. The 

 edition published in Didot's Bibliotheca Classicorum 

 Grcecorum, Paris, 1883, is excellent. Earlier editions 

 contain many errors. 



STRABO. See vol. i., p. 255. 



The Geography of Strabo. Trans, by H. C. Hamilton and 

 W. Falconer, 3 vols., London, 1857. There are several 

 other editions of Strabo's work available in English. 



TERTULLIAN. See vol. i., p. 195. 



Apologeticus . 

 THEOPHRASTUS. See vol. i., p. 188. 



riepi 0vrwi> 'urropias, On the History of Plants. Written 

 in 10 books. This is one of the earliest works on bot- 

 any which have come to us. It was largely used by 

 Pliny. In complete works, Schneider, Leipzig, 1818- 

 1821, 5 vols. On Plants, edited by Wimmer, Breslau, 

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