2nd-century books

page=309|thumb|An edition in Latin of the Almagestum in 1515 The Almagest ( ) is a 2nd-century mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary paths, written by Claudius Ptolemy ( ) in Koine Greek. One of the most influential scientific texts in history, it canonized a geocentric model of the Universe that was accepted for more than 1,200 years from its origin in Hellenistic Alexandria, in the medieval Byzantine and Islamic worlds, and in Western Europe through the Middle Ages and early Renaissance until Copernicus. It is also a key source of informati

Meditations () is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161–180 CE, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy.

work by Pseudo-Apollodorus, a compendium of Greek myths

treatise on cartography by Claudius Ptolemaeus

thumb|Parchment manuscript of the Ephrem's Commentary on the Diatessaron, from Egypt, late 5th or early 6th century, in the [[Chester Beatty Library]]

Hellenistic Jewish philosophical discourse composed in Koine Greek about the supremacy of pious reason over passion

thumb|250px|Panther, Bern Physiologus, 9th century The Physiologus () is a didactic Christian text written or compiled in Greek by an unknown author in Alexandria. Its composition has been traditionally dated to the 2nd century AD by readers who saw parallels with writings of Clement of Alexandria, who is asserted to have known the text, though Alan Scott has made a case for a date at the end of the 3rd or in the 4th century. The Physiologus consists of descriptions of animals, birds, and fantastic creatures, sometimes stones and plants, provided with moral content. Each animal is described, a

chapter 14 of the Book of Daniel in the Septuagint

The Moralia (Latin for "Morals", "Customs" or "Mores"; , Ethiká) is a set of essays ascribed to the 1st-century scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea. The eclectic collection contains 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They provide insights into Roman and Greek life, but they also include timeless observations. Many generations of Europeans have read or imitated them, including Michel de Montaigne, Renaissance Humanists and Enlightenment philosophers.

apocryphal scripture connected with the Bible

Jewish-Christian gospel extant only in seven quotations in the Panarion by Epiphanius of Salamis

2nd century Chinese character dictionary

book; one of the Pseudepigrapha

Stoic ethical advice compiled by Arrian

thumb|Quadripartitum, 1622

work by the 2nd century CE traveler Pausanias

collection of 87 short religious poems composed in either the late Hellenistic or early Roman era

character in the deuterocanonical additions to the Book of Daniel (for the section of the additions to Daniel, use Q35555488)

a text of Jewish apocalyptic literature

set of spiritual and philosophical texts widely used by Neoplatonist philosophers from the 3rd to the 6th century CE

2nd century guidebook by Arrian

ancient Jewish manuscript dating to 70-150 AD

ancient pseudepigraphical text included in the Ethiopian Orthodox Bible

literary work

Collection of lectures on Stoic philosophy

treatise by Celsus criticising Christianity

2nd-century AD chronology

Almanac written by Ying Shao (c.195)

second-century Christian apologetic text by Justin Martyr

stone carved books of the Confucian classics (175-183)

second-century Christian apologetic text by Justin Martyr

second-century Christian apologetic text by Justin Martyr

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Scroll about the story of Hanukkah

Oneirocritica () (The Interpretation of Dreams) is an ancient Greek treatise on dream interpretation written by Artemidorus Daldianus in the 2nd century AD. It is the earliest extant Greek work on the subject, in five books, though in it Artemidorus mentions numerous other – now lost – works from which his own is at least partially derived, including the 1st-century Oneirocritica by Artemon of Miletus.

Greek treatise by Lucian of Samosata

Religious text

text by Pseudo-Apuleius

Old Testament apocrypha