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2 unusual facts about Johann Jakob Reiske


Askaules

Neither *ἄσκαυλης nor ἄσκαυλος (which would naturally mean the bag-pipe) has been found in Greek classical authors, though JJ Reiske—in a note on Dio Chrysostom, Orat. lxxi.

Johann Jakob Reiske

Errors no doubt he made, as in the attempt to ascertain the date of the breach of the dam of Ma'rib.


Barthélemy d'Herbelot

The latter edition is enriched with the contributions of the Dutch orientalist Schultens, Johann Jakob Reiske (1716–1774), and by a supplement provided by Visdelou and Antoine Galland.


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