A merchant from Alexandria in the 6th century. Dates of birth and death unknown. Traveled from Egypt to India and Ceylon. Indicopleustes means "navigator to India." Around 550, he wrote the 12 volumes of Christian Geography. This attacked the Egyptian astronomy theory of the time in order to prove the descriptions in the Bible literally, but the descriptions of Indian geography, flora and fauna, and information on Christianity that spread to India are considered valuable historical sources. Cosmas seems to have been a Nestorian Christian. Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
6世紀のアレクサンドリアの商人。生没年不詳。エジプトからインド,セイロンまで旅行した。インディコプレウステスとは〈インドへの航行者〉の意。550年ごろ《キリスト教地誌》12巻を著した。これは聖書の記述を字句通り証明するために,当時のエジプトの天文学の理論を攻撃したものだが,インドの地理および動植物相の記述とインドまで広まったキリスト教に関する情報は貴重な史料とされている。コスマスはネストリウス派キリスト教徒であったらしい。
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