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Word: artemidorus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...addition to the utter vagueness of this passage, two major problems with Houge's interpretation present themselves. First, who is the "bearer of a petition?" No doubt one would expect a character similar to the intrepid Artemidorus in Julius Caesar, who stands outside the Senate waiting to give the doomed Caesar a written warning of his demise. But whom does Hogue submit? "Jeane Dixon, one of the foremost prophets of modern times" who claims to have predicted the Kennedy assassination. A little shaky...

Author: By Eric M. Nelson, | Title: Taking Nostradamus at His Word | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

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