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 begin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Geminus (Author)
Corporate Author:	Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund
Other Authors:	Berggren, J. L (Translator), Evans, James, 1948- (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English Ancient Greek
Published:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2006], ©2006 Princeton, N.J. : c2006 Princeton, N.J. : ©2006 Princeton, N.J. : [2006] Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock, Oxfordshire : [2006]
Subjects:	Early works to 1800 Astronomy > Early works to 1800 Astronomy, Greek > Textbooks Astronomie > Ouvrages avant 1800 18.43 ancient Greek literature Astronomi > verk före 1800 Astronomy Astronomy, Greek Didactical prose (texts) Early works Textbooks Translations (form)