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Iambulus or
Jambulus (Ancient Gr****: Ἰάμβουλος, Iamboulos) was an
ancient Gr****
merchant and the
likely author of a
utopian novel about the
strange forms...
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Islands of the Sun or The
Adventures of
Iambulus in the
Southern Ocean is a
utopian novel by
Iambulus which was
written in Gr****
between 165 and 50 BCE...
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known examples from Gr****
literature are Euhemerus'
Sacred History and
Iambulus’
Islands of the Sun.
Their utopian islands are
apparently modeled from...
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fantastic and
mythical events as truth. He
mentions the
tales of Ctesias,
Iambulus, and
Homer and
states that "what did
surprise me was
their supposition...
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insignificant mistakes.
Novels portal New
Atlantis Communism Ideal city
Iambulus Le poesie, 1998, p. 327 Le poesie, ed. F.
Giancotti (Turin: Einaudi, 1998;...
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rational island paradise of
Panchaea Islands of the Sun (ca. 165–50 BC) by
Iambulus –
Utopian novel describing the
features and
inhabitants of the
title Islands...
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satirizing the
clearly unrealistic travelogues/adventures
written by Ctesias,
Iambulus, and Homer. He
states that he was
surprised they
expected people to believe...
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Palibothra (Pataliputra, the
Mauryan capital)
welcomed a Gr**** author,
Iambulus. This king is
usually identified as Bindusara.
Pliny states that the Ptolemaic...
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compare Plato's
Atlantis or the
exotic tropical isle
described by
Iambulus,
which was
noted in
Diodorus 2.55ff. (Spryidakis 1968:338).
Sprydakis 1968:340...
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Palibothra (Pataliputra, the
Mauryan capital)
welcomed a Gr**** author,
Iambulus. This king is
usually identified as Bindusara.
Pliny states that the Ptolemaic...
