James E. Walters, David A. Michelson and Thomas A. Carlson, (eds.), "Nicholas of Damascus — ܢܝܩܘܠܐܘܣ ܕܕܪܡܣܘܩ " in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/656 Nicolaus of Damascus ܢܝܩܘܠܐܘܣ ܕܕܪܡܣܘܩ Nicholas of Damascus Historian and peripatetic philosopher, who served as adviser to Herod the Great (74-4 BC). Excerpts from the Syriac version of his compendium covering Aristotle’s works on natural philosophy and metaphysics (‘On the philosophy of Aristotle’) are preserved in ms. Cambridge, Gg. 2.14 (copied in 15/16th cent.?). http://syriaca.org/person/656 http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/SRP|person_656 http://viaf.org/viaf/19649480 http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85-344961 http://viaf.org/viaf/247706813 http://viaf.org/viaf/172603615 http://viaf.org/viaf/103645644 http://viaf.org/viaf/100107187 http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=N&sK=Nicolaus of Damascus&sT=keywords ca. 64 BC after 4 BC H. Takahashi Nicolaus of Damascus The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 307 307 A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Nicolaus of Damascus