The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Epicharmus (c. 540 BC - c. 450 BC)
Ancient Greek satirist, poet and author. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-2438?rskey=Wq6t0E&result=1 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicharmus References in Documents:Grew, Musaeum Regalis (1685)
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