Coptica in Martianus Capella De Nuptiis 2.193.

Examines the significance of the passage `your number is 608' at section 193 in Book 2 of Martianus Capella's `De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii.' Ulrich Friedrich Kopp's view that the clue lies in the Egyptian language to solve the numerology riddle; Use of the riddle to conceal the name of the...

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Publicado en:Classical Philology Vol. 90; no. 4; pp. 361 - 367
Autor principal: MacCoull, Leslie S.B.
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Publicado: University of Chicago Press Oct95
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Sumario:Examines the significance of the passage `your number is 608' at section 193 in Book 2 of Martianus Capella's `De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii.' Ulrich Friedrich Kopp's view that the clue lies in the Egyptian language to solve the numerology riddle; Use of the riddle to conceal the name of the Egyptian sun god.