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CHAEREMON , of See also:

Alexandria (1st See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D..), Stoic philosopher and grammarian. He was See also:

SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of the portion of the Alexandrian library that was kept in the See also:

temple of See also:

SERAPIS

Serapis, and as custodian and expounder of the sacred books (tepoypagp.arevs, sacred See also:

SCRIBE, AUGUSTIN EUGENE (1791-1860, French dramatist, was born in Paris on the 24th of December 1791. His father was a silk merchant, and he was well educated, being destined for the bar. But, having a real gift for the theatre, a gift which unfortunately

scribe) belonged to the higher ranks of the priesthood. In A.D. 49 he was summoned to See also:

Rome, with See also:

Alexander of Aegae, to become See also:

TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor to the youthful See also:

NERO (37-68)

Nero. He was the author of a See also:

HISTORY

History of See also:

EGYPT

Egypt; of See also:

WORKS

works on Comets, See also:

EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

ASTROLOGY

Astrology, and See also:

HIEROGLYPHICS (Gr. iepos, sacred, and'yXv ni, carving)

Hieroglyphics; and of a grammatical See also:

TREATISE

treatise on Expletive Conjunctions (vvvbeor, of a apairXrlpu)µa-rucoi). ,Chaeremon was the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the party which explained the Egyptian religious See also:

SYSTEM

system as a See also:

mere See also:

ALLEGORY (iXXos, other, and ayopeuav, to speak)

allegory of the See also:

WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of nature. His books were not intended to represent the ideas of his Egyptian contemporaries; their chief See also:

OBJECT

object was to give a description of the sanctity and symbolical secrets of See also:

ancient Egypt. He can hardly be identical with the Chaeremon who accompanied (c. 26 B.C.; See also:

STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo xvii. p. 8o6) Aelius See also:

Gallus, See also:

PRAEFECT (praefectus)

praefect of Egypt, on a See also:

JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey into the interior of the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. Fragments in C. See also:

Muller, Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum, iii.

495-499.

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