Aphrodisia'nus
a Persian, wrote a description of the east in Greek, a fragment of which is given by Du Cange. (
Ad Zonar. p. 50.)
An extract from this work is said to exist in the royal library at Vienna.
He also wrote an historical work on the Virgin Mary. (Fabric.
Bibl. Graec. xi. p. 578.)
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