Pliny the Elder
Roman naturalist and author of the encyclopedic Natural History.
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Verse 9: Let the waters be gathered together
— Cited for recording that Sesostris was deterred from digging a canal from the Red Sea
"Pliny records that Sesostris, king of Egypt"
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Verse 14: Let There Be Lights in the Firmament
— Cited from Book II, ch. 6, for denying stars are luminous of themselves
"Pliny (book II, ch. 6) deny this"
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Verse 20: Let the Waters Bring Forth
— Cited from Book X, chapter 10, on men learning navigation from the kite
"says Pliny, Book X, chapter 10."
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Verse 20: Let the Waters Bring Forth
— Cited alongside Plutarch and Aldrovandus on the remora
"Pliny, Plutarch, and Aldrovandus"