Paulos of Alexandria (350 – 400 CE)
Wrote an introduction to astrology in Greek prose, Eisago ̄gika, approximately datable by its
inclusion of a worked example of a computation for 378 CE. The extant version is a revised
edition dedicated to one Kronamo ̄n (an Egyptian name), whom Paulos addresses as “dear
son,” probably a pupil; Kronamo ̄n had detected errors in the earlier edition. The Eisago ̄gika
is an elementary handbook introducing fundamental concepts of Greek astrology in clear
language, but with little engagement with astrological practice or astronomy. It served as the
basis for a series of astrological lectures delivered by O in Alexandria in 564.
Ed.: E. Boer, Pauli Alexandrini Elementa Apotelesmatica (1958).
DSB 10 (1974) 419, D.E. Pingree.
Alexander Jones
Paulos (of Italy) (ca 50 – 350 CE)
O, Ecl. Med. 108.6 (CMG 6.2.2, p. 287), records that “our Paul” prescribed hen-
bane juice rubbed on chilblains. The name is attested from the mid-1st c. CE (LGPN), and is
usually Christian, so Oreibasios’ “our” may be meant to specify “pagan.” Diels (1905–1907)
2.81 records an Oxford MS, Barocc. 88 (15th/16th c.), f. 47, with extracts from a Paulos of
Italy, possibly the same man. If, however, “our” means “of Pergamon,” as in G, Simpl.
Med. 10.1 (12.251 K.: A III), perhaps we should read ΑΤΤΑΛΟΣ for ΠΑΥΛΟΣ.
RE 18.4 (1949) 2397 (#24), H. Diller.
PTK
P ⇒ O
Pausanias “He ̄rakleiteios” (200? – 50 BCE)
Interpreter of H, later than N, according to De ̄me ̄trios of Magnesia
in D L 9.15.
RE 18.4 (1949) 2405 (#19), W. Nestle.
PTK
Pausanias of Damaskos (125 – 95 BCE)
Syrian-Greek geographer of Syria, author of a poetic composition in iambic trimeters
dedicated to Nikome ̄de ̄s III Euergete ̄s king of Bithunia (127– 94 BCE). The work, including
descriptions of the Mediterranean and Greece, does not specify an author and was vari-
ously attributed to M H, S K, -S
and A A. Pausanias emerged as an option on the basis of a refer-
ence in the work of the 10th c. Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Pophurogenne ̄tos. The
extant text, comprising 747 verses and some fragments, describes the Mediterranean world
starting from the Pillars of He ̄rakle ̄s (Gibraltar). The last parts, originally including the
Asiatic and African coastal regions, are missing. The author says that he chose iambic
trimeters for their brevity and clarity (cf. D K), and emphasizes
that he relies specifically on E, E and T T.
The text has three parts: prooimion 1 – 138; description of the European coasts from Gade ̄s to
the mouth of the Danube on the Black Sea; description of the coast of the Asiatic Black Sea
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