The folly and wisdom of the ancients: : in tvvo letters wonderfully preserved for almost 2000 years. Translated out of the Greek copy, and recommended to the judicious, to consider how far the case therein exprest, may concern our present times, either prophetically or parallel. Being two letters of Artaxerxes that great king, as they are recorded by Josephus, in his 11th. book, and 6th. chap.
| Main Author: | Artaxerxes I, King of Persia, d. 425 or 4 B.C |
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| Other Authors: | Josephus, Flavius |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for F. Smith, at the Sign of the Elephant and Castle, without Temple-Bar,
1661.
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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