Berosus

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Babylonian priest Hellenistic-era writer historian

Berosus was a Hellenistic-era Babylonian priest and historian known for writing a Greek-language history of Babylonia that preserved Mesopotamian myths, traditions, and astronomical knowledge.

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Label	Occurrences
Berosus canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Babylonian priest ⓘ Hellenistic-era writer ⓘ historian ⓘ
associatedWith	Babylon ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ
culture	Babylonian ⓘ
described	long-reigning antediluvian kings ⓘ primeval kings before the Flood ⓘ succession of Mesopotamian dynasties ⓘ the Flood narrative similar to the Mesopotamian deluge myth ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Babylonian ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Mesopotamian mythology ⓘ astrology ⓘ astronomy ⓘ historiography ⓘ
floruit	early 3rd century BCE ⓘ
fragmentsPreservedBy	Clement of Alexandria ⓘ Eusebius of Caesarea ⓘ Flavius Josephus ⓘ surface form: Josephus Syncellus ⓘ other later classical authors ⓘ
genre	mythological history ⓘ universal history ⓘ
influenced	Hellenistic historiography ⓘ later Greek and Roman writers on Mesopotamia ⓘ
knownFor	preserving Mesopotamian myths and traditions ⓘ transmitting Mesopotamian astronomical knowledge to the Greek world ⓘ writing a Greek-language history of Babylonia ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
notableWork	Babyloniaca ⓘ
occupation	astrologer ⓘ historian ⓘ priest ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Babylon ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Kos ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia
religion	Babylonian religion ⓘ
sourceFor	Mesopotamian astronomical lore ⓘ Mesopotamian creation myths ⓘ Mesopotamian flood traditions ⓘ Mesopotamian king lists ⓘ
timePeriod	Hellenistic period ⓘ
workLanguage	Greek ⓘ
workStatus	survives only in fragments ⓘ
workSubject	Mesopotamian religion ⓘ surface form: Mesopotamian mythology Mesopotamian traditions ⓘ astronomical knowledge ⓘ history of Babylonia ⓘ
workTitle	Babyloniaca ⓘ
wroteInLanguage	Greek ⓘ

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Etemenanki ziggurat → mentionedBy → Berosus ⓘ

subject surface form: Etemenanki