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Headword:
*ptolemai=os
Adler number: pi,3033
Translated headword: Ptolemaios, Ptolemaeus, Ptolemy
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [
Ptolemy] who was called Claudius, a philosopher of Alexandria. He lived at the time of the emperor Marcus [Aurelius].[1] This man wrote 3 books of
Mechanics, 2 books
Concerning the appearances and indications of the fixed stars,
Simplification of the surface of a sphere,
Handy Tables, the
Great Astronomy or
Systematic Treatise,[2] and other works.
*ptolemai=os, o( *klau/dios xrhmati/sas, *)alecandreu/s, filo/sofos, gegonw\s e)pi\ tw=n xro/nwn *ma/rkou tou= basile/ws. ou(=tos e)/graye *mhxanika\ bibli/a g#, *peri\ fa/sewn kai\ e)pishmasiw=n a)ste/rwn a)planw=n bibli/a b#, *(/aplwsin e)pifanei/as sfai/ras, *kano/na pro/xeiron, to\n *me/gan a)strono/mon h)/toi *su/ntacin: kai\ a)/lla.
Notes:
Ptolemy's works on astronomy and geography were not superseded until the 15th century. See OCD4 s.v.
Ptolemy(4); article by J. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson at web address 1 (MacTutor History of Mathematics).
[1] Reigned 161-180 BCE; see generally
mu 214,
mu 215.
[2] Best known by its Arabic title, the
Almagest, derived from the Greek
megi/sth [su/ntacis].
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; chronology; geography; mathematics; philosophy; science and technology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 2 January 2003@01:29:58.
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