03271nam 2200709Ia 450 991045643840332120210618231859.00-520-92851-21-282-35678-X97866123567801-59734-546-610.1525/9780520928510(CKB)111090529078540(EBL)223771(OCoLC)614607094(SSID)ssj0000123231(PQKBManifestationID)11138766(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000123231(PQKBWorkID)10011081(PQKB)10836858(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055894(MiAaPQ)EBC223771(DE-B1597)519604(OCoLC)55531356(DE-B1597)9780520928510(Au-PeEL)EBL223771(CaPaEBR)ebr10057080(CaONFJC)MIL235678(EXLCZ)9911109052907854020030609d2004 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrCleomedes' lectures on astronomy[electronic resource] a translation of the heavens /Cleomedes ; with an introduction and commentary by Alan C. Bowen and Robert B. ToddBerkeley, CA University of California Press20041 online resource (258 p.)Hellenistic culture and society ;42Description based upon print version of record.0-520-23325-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Abbreviations --Introduction --Book One of Cleomedes'. The Heavens --APPENDIX: POSIDONIUS ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMIE --GLOSSARY OF SELECTED TERMS --BIBLIOGRAPHY --PASSAGES FROM COLLECTIONS IN COLLECTIONS OF TEXTS --GENERAL INDEX --INDEX LOCORUMAt some time around 200 A.D., the Stoic philosopher and teacher Cleomedes delivered a set of lectures on elementary astronomy as part of a complete introduction to Stoicism for his students. The result was The Heavens (Caelestia), the only work by a professional Stoic teacher to survive intact from the first two centuries A.D., and a rare example of the interaction between science and philosophy in late antiquity. This volume contains a clear and idiomatic English translation-the first ever-of The Heavens, along with an informative introduction, detailed notes, and technical diagrams. This important work will now be accessible to specialists in both ancient philosophy and science and to readers interested in the history of astronomy and cosmology but with no knowledge of ancient Greek.Hellenistic culture and society ;42.Lectures on astronomyAstronomy, GreekAstronomyEarly works to 1800Electronic books.Astronomy, Greek.Astronomy520/.938Cleomedes171904Bowen Alan C525441Todd Robert B162248MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456438403321Cleomedes' lectures on astronomy2478123UNINA