phoenicia

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I. Weidler, _De characteribus numerorum vulgaribus et eorum aetatibus_, Wittenberg, 1727, asserted the possibility of their introduction into Greece by Pythagoras or one of his followers: "Potuerunt autem ex oriente, uel ex phoenicia, ad graecos traduci, uel Pythagorae, uel eius discipulorum auxilio, cum aliquis eo, proficiendi in literis causa, iter faceret, et hoc quoque inuentum addisceret."

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  1. an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean

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  • I. Weidler, _De characteribus numerorum vulgaribus et eorum aetatibus_, Wittenberg, 1727, asserted the possibility of their introduction into Greece by Pythagoras or one of his followers: "Potuerunt autem ex oriente, uel ex phoenicia, ad graecos traduci, uel Pythagorae, uel eius discipulorum auxilio, cum aliquis eo, proficiendi in literis causa, iter faceret, et hoc quoque inuentum addisceret." —  The Hindu-Arabic Numerals
 

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