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Geminos's Introduction to the Phenomena : A Translation and Study of a Hellenistic Survey of Astronomy /
This is the first complete English translation of Geminos's Introduction to the Phenomena--one of the most important and interesting astronomical works of its type to have survived from Greek antiquity. Gracefully and charmingly written, Geminos's first-century BC textbook for beginning st...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- Introduction to the Phenomena: TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY
- I. On the Circle of the Signs
- II. Aspects of the Zodiacal Signs
- III. On the Constellations
- IV. On the Axis and the Poles
- V. The Circles on the Sphere
- VI. On Day and Night
- VII. On the Risings of the 12 Signs
- IX. On Phases of the Moon
- X. On the Eclipse of the Sun
- XI. On the Eclipse of the Moon
- XII. That the Planets Make the Movement Opposite to That of the Cosmos
- XIII. On Risings and Settings
- XIV. On the Paths of the Fixed Stars
- XV. Concerning the Zones on Earth
- XVI. On Geographical Regions
- XVII. On Weather Signs from the Stars
- XVIII. On the Exeligmos
- Parapēgma
- Fragments 1 and 2, from Geminos's Other Works
- Fragment 1, From Geminos's Philokalia: Geminos on the Classification of the Mathematical Sciences
- Fragment 2, From Geminos's Concise Exposition of the Meteorology of Poseidōnios: Geminos on the Relation of Astronomy to Physics
- REFERENCE MATERIALS
- Appendix 1. Textual Notes to Geminos's Introduction to the Phenomena
- Appendix 2. The Geminos Parapēgma
- Appendix 3. Glossary of Technical Terms in Geminos's Introduction to the Phenomena
- Appendix 4. Index of Persons Mentioned by Geminos
- Bibliography
- Index