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# Βιβλιοθηκη (Βιβλιοθήκη)

Photius, Bibliotheca — summaries of works on India

The patriarch's reading notes preserve the epitome of Ctesias' Indica (cod. 72), Agatharchides on the Red Sea (cod. 250), Nonnosus' embassy (cod. 3), Philostorgius (cod. 40) and summaries of Arrian (cod. 91) and Philostratus' Life of Apollonius (cod. 241).

- **Language:** Ancient Greek
- **Date:** 845–860 CE
- **Author:** [Φώτιος](https://indike.org/pramana/person/photius)
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

## Translations (1)

- [The Library of Photius, vol. 1 (codices 1–165)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.byzantine.photius~en-freese) — English, not yet digitised

## Contains

- [Περὶ τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.agatharchides)
- [Ἱστορία](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late.nonnosus)
- [Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ ἱστορία](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late.philostorgius)
- [Ἰνδικά](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.classical.ctesias)

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