Berossus
Sign in to savethumb| Berossus () or Berosus (; ; possibly derived from ) was an early-3rd-century BCE Hellenistic-era Babylonian writer, priest of Bel Marduk, and astronomer who wrote in the Koine Greek language.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 0400-01-01
- Died
- 0300-01-01
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Berosi chaldaei sacerdotis Reliquorúmque consimilis argumenti autorum
- Antiqvitatvm variarvm avtores, quorum catalogum sequens continet pagella
- Chaldaeorum historiae quae supersunt
- Berosi Chaldaeorum Historiae
- Berosi sacerdotis Chaldaici, Antiquitatum Italiae ac totius orbis libri quinque
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- Listeners
- 11
- Total plays
- 38
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 400 BCE
- Died
- 1 January 300 BCE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Seleucid Empire
- Place of birth
- Babylon
- Occupation
- astrologer
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Field of work
- astrology
- Image
- Beroso.png
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- P2348
- Hellenistic period
- P6886
Article
12 sectionsContents
- Name
- Life and work
- ''Babyloniaca'' (History of Babylonia)
- Sources and content
- Book 1
- Book 2
- Book 3
- Transmission and reception
- Memory<!--'Pseudo-Berossus' redirects here-->
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb| Berossus () or Berosus (; ; possibly derived from ) was an early-3rd-century BCE Hellenistic-era Babylonian writer, priest of Bel Marduk, and astronomer who wrote in the Koine Greek language.
His original works, including the Babyloniaca (, are lost, but fragments survive in some quotations, largely in the writings of the fourth-century CE early Christian writer Eusebius.