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Ara`tus

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Native of Sicyon, in Greece, promoter of the Achæan League, in which he was thwarted by Philip of Macedon, was poisoned, it is said, by his order (271-213 B.C.); also a Greek poet, author of two didactic poems, born in Cilicia, quoted by St Paul in Acts xvii. 28.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ara`tus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/aratus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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