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Geminus

Ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician, born at Rhodes. From Wikidata; Wikipedia.

Lived
1st c. BC – 1st c. AD
Wrote in
1st c. BC
Kinds of writing
Astronomy/Astrology
In the library
1 work, 0 with an English translation; 22,551 words analysed

What Geminus wrote

In The Painted Stoa

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A bronze calculator of the heavens, from a shipwreck of about 60 BCThe Antikythera mechanismIn 1901, divers working a shipwreck off the small island of Antikythera brought up bronze and marble statues, glass and pottery, and a shapeless lump of corroded bronze and wood.

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μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος
οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρίʼ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγεʼ ἔθηκε

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20 px
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1.8

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