Geminus

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tlg1383
CITE id:
urn:cite:perseus:author.661
Tlg id:
tlg1383
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no 97037977
Name:
Geminus
Abbr:
Gem.
Alt names:
Γεμῖνος
Gemine, de Rodes
Géminos
Geminos, von Rhodos
Gémino, di Rodi
Gémino, de Rodas
Geminus, Astronomicus
Gem.
Field of activity:
Astronomer
Mathemetician
Textbook author
Notes:
Klaudiou Ptolemaiou, Theōnos k.t.l., Kanōn basileiōn kai Phaseis aplanōn kai Geminou Eisagōgē eis ta phainomena ... 1819
Oxford classical dict., 1996 (Geminus, writer of elementary textbooks on mathematical subjects, c. A.D. 50)
LCCS: PA3998.G3 (Geminus, of Rhodes, fl. 70 B.C.)
LC database, 21 June 1997 (hdg.: Geminus)
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition,
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol , 1867, p. 1:
Brill's New Pauly: "Geminus, astronomer and mathemetician,...from the school of Posidonius. Almost nothing is known about his life. The height of his creativity was around 70 BC. It is generally accepted that he lived in Rhodes. The only fully extant treatise by G. is the ‘Introduction to Astronomy’ (Εἰσαγωγὴ εἰς τὰ φαινόμενα). It is in the tradition of Eudoxus and Aratus [4]. Similarly to the later writing by Cleomedes, it is an elementary textbook on astronomy which was supposed to serve as a preparation for the more demanding specialist literature (e.g. Hipparchus).." Folkerts, Menso (Munich), "Geminus." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and
Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2010. Brill Online. Tufts University Library.
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Calendarium [Sp.?]
Elementa astronomia
Fragmenta Optica