Geminos's Introduction to the Phenomena : : A Translation and Study of a Hellenistic Survey of Astronomy /

Geminos's Introduction to the Phenomena : : A Translation and Study of a Hellenistic Survey of Astronomy / / J. Lennart Berggren, James Evans.

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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Evans, James,
Berggren, J. Lennart,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2007
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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