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The MouseionAristarchus of SamosOn the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon

On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and MoonOn the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and the Moon

By Aristarchus of Samos. De magnitudinibus et distantiis solis et lunae · title translated from the Latin

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Kind of writing: Astronomy/Astrology
Written: 4th–3rd c. BC
Length: 7,900 words analysed
Vocabulary: 69% common words
In the library: 1 Greek text, 0 English translations

The texts

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Greek textAristarchus. Aristarchus of Samos, the ancient Copernicus: a history of Greek astronomy to Aristarchus, together with Aristarchus's Treatise, on the sizes and distances of the sun and moon. Heath, Sir Thomas Little, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913