| 单词 | Ptolemy |
| 例句 | Then he addressed the crowd with both Ptolemy and Cleopatra at his side. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Having direct knowledge of the Lyceum, he probably helped design arrangements in the Museum; he is credited with urging Ptolemy I to purchase and/or copy books in vast numbers for the Library. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Ptolemy’s model of planetary motion can be represented by a little machine, like those that, serving a similar purpose, existed in Ptolemy’s time.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z King Ptolemy fled the city and made his way to Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “I can sit for hours without moving if I am reading Ptolemy or Herodotus.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z We have certainly come a long way since Aristotle and Ptolemy, when we thought that the earth was the center of the universe! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Plato, Ptolemy and all the Christian astronomers before Kepler had assumed that the planets moved in circular paths. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Aristotle and Ptolemy had assumed that the heavens were mathematically legible, and indeed Ptolemy had devised techniques for reading them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Ptolemy thought that comets bring wars, hot weather and “disturbed conditions.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ptolemy Philadelphus and the twins traveled to Rome where Octavia took them in, further evidence of her caring and forgiving nature. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z If della Porta happens to hold the same view as we do on the subject of garlic and magnets, it is not because he is better at handling evidence than Plutarch or Ptolemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Columbus had been an itinerant peddler of old maps and an assiduous reader of the books by and about the ancient geographers, including Eratosthenes, Strabo and Ptolemy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The astronomical system it described was far from being Ptolemy’s own idea, although he seems to have tweaked and developed the ideas of the Ancient Greeks. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The study of the heavens brought Ptolemy a kind of ecstasy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Cleopatra, along with Ptolemy XIV and Caesarion, traveled to Rome in late summer or early fall. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In this and other ways the Ptolemies were able, in just a few decades, to amass the largest collection of books in the Greek world. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Indeed, when Ptolemy’s gem-encrusted boot did lift somewhat, the result was almost instant rebellion. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z This, Champollion reasoned, very probably also denotes Ptolemy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Within weeks of Caesar’s death, she ran for her life, boarding a ship for Alexandria with Ptolemy XIV and Caesarion. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Ptolemy returned to the capital as a conquering hero. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z By then, Ptolemy XIV would have been about fifteen—old enough to demand equal power and old enough to become a rival. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Lady of the Two Lands In 51 BCE, Ptolemy XII became ill and died. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In addition, Cleopatra had a newborn baby to care for, and preparing to travel with Ptolemy Philadelphus would certainly have slowed her down. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z But modern astrologers have forgotten about the precession of the equinoxes, which Ptolemy understood. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z With Caesar in command and Alexandria under siege, she assumed that Cleopatra and Ptolemy’s power was hers for the taking. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Discarded on the floor is the Ptolemaic system, which became indefensible when Galileo discovered the phases of Venus, and Ptolemy himself lies slumped in the background. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Even if she could get past the troops at Pelusium, Ptolemy’s advisers would have her killed the minute she set foot inside the city. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Must be that Ptolemy blood. Just stay away from the Roman men, okay?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He needed to settle the dispute between Ptolemy and Cleopatra so that he could tap into their resources. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Caesar advised Ptolemy to be faithful to the Romans and to consider the welfare of the Egyptian people. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z All of this was territory that the Ptolemies had controlled when they first came to power. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Ptolemy I founded the Museum, which became a center for scientific study. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Ptolemy believed not only that behavior patterns were influenced by the planets and the stars but also that questions of stature, complexion, national character and even congenital physical abnormalities were determined by the stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ptolemy’s powerful advisers had forced her into exile. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When delegates arrived from Alexandria to argue against restoring his power, Ptolemy had them murdered. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Nicholas of Cusa and Nicolaus Copernicus cracked open the nutshell universe of Aristotle and Ptolemy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Ptolemy was a headstrong boy, not a military mastermind. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In 224, when Eratosthenes was head librarian, Ptolemy III Euergetes made an enormous donation to the people of Rhodes after an earthquake. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Ptolemy and his advisers did not want Caesar to get the idea that Egypt had any wealth to spare. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In Ptolemy’s time the distinction between astronomy and astrology was not clear. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In March of that year, the phrase “King Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra, the gods who love their father” appeared on two separate contracts. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They ignore atmospheric refraction, about which Ptolemy wrote. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Similarly, Ptolemy had demonstrated that no homocentric planetary system could account for the observed phenomena, but philosophers were still trying to produce such a system well into the sixteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Ptolemy passed this legacy down through the ages. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Julius Caesar and Pompey, two of the three generals who shared the ruling power in Rome, agreed to provide Ptolemy with the support he needed, but it came at a very high price. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Serapis was an amalgam of Apis, the native bull god, and Osiris, the anthropomorphic lord of the dead—an instant “designer god” fashioned by the Ptolemies to give Greeks and Egyptians a deity in common. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Soon after the conqueror’s death, Ptolemy, a childhood companion, advisor, and officer in long service to Alexander, solicited the fiefdom of Egypt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z For good measure, he also arranged to have Ptolemy XIII’s imposter tracked down and assassinated, too. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z —Plutarch Prepared to put up a fight to prevent Cleopatra’s return to power, thirteen-year-old Ptolemy assembled the royal army near Pelusium—a fortress city on the eastern bank of the Nile. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z After all, he had gotten Ptolemy XII restored to his place on the throne, and he held a trusted position with the family as young Ptolemy’s guardian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Plutarch, Ptolemy and all sorts of other authors believed this implicitly. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Cleopatra knew that getting past Ptolemy’s army would be difficult, if not impossible. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Family Betrayals Instead of acting on Ptolemy’s behalf, Berenice soon got rid of Cleopatra VI and seized complete control of her father’s reign. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z That Ptolemy’s legitimacy as ruler stemmed from Alexander’s, and the great man was a student of Aristotle, was yet another significant factor. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Were the Ptolemies in essence colonial occupiers and exploiters, bent on wringing the last drachma and obol from a captive land regardless of the consequences? Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z He put Cleopatra’s younger siblings, Arsinoe and Ptolemy XIV, in charge of it so that everyone would be happy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z However, they had little respect for monarchies in general, and they disapproved of the Ptolemies in particular. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The transliteration of a cartouche of Ptolemy from the Rosetta stone and one of Cleopatra from the Philae obelisk. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Vesalius claimed to identify scores of errors in Galen and thus undermined his authority, just as Columbus’s discoveries had undermined the authority of Ptolemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was safer for Caesar to give Egypt back to the Ptolemies. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Columbus read Ptolemy and was convinced that earth and water formed one sphere; he produced a small globe to illustrate his planned voyage. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It also referred to her positive connection to Ptolemy XII. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z A somewhat more immediate influence was Aristotle himself, whose death in 322 happened to coincide with Ptolemy’s accession to the governorship of Egypt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Early the next morning, Caesar asked to meet with Ptolemy, who was furious to find Cleopatra safe inside the palace, winning over the most powerful man in the world. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z This was the Aristotelian system, which was later refined by the Alexandrian astronomer Ptolemy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They pay almost no attention to all the moons and planets, asteroids and comets, quasars and pulsars, exploding galaxies, symbiotic stars, cataclysmic variables and X-ray sources that have been discovered since Ptolemy’s time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z —The Buchis Stela By 58 BCE, Ptolemy’s subjects were paying huge sums to buy Rome’s protection. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The end of the Ptolemy cartouche means “Ever-living, beloved of the god Ptah.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The outraged Athenians had to content themselves with the copies that Ptolemy, only a little shamefacedly, presented to them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, Ptolemy did not entirely give up his Greek ways. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z All that arcane business about planets ascendant in this or that solar or lunar “house” or the “Age of Aquarius” comes from Ptolemy, who codified the Babylonian astrological tradition. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greek myths favored by the Ptolemies featured similar relationships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In October, the Roman Senate declared Ptolemy to be “a friend and ally” of Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The map of the world from Ptolemy’s Geography, printed in Rome in 1490. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the division, Alexander’s trusted general and childhood friend, Ptolemy, claimed Egypt for himself. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The adviser heaped huge taxes on the Egyptians to ensure that Ptolemy’s debts would be paid in full. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The type of measurement he was trying to make was perfectly familiar to astronomers: such measurements had been made since Ptolemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The Copernican model got rid of Ptolemy’s celestial spheres, and with them, the idea that the universe had a natural boundary. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Giving Egypt Back to the Ptolemies When the Alexandrian War ended in 47 BCE, Caesar’s victory made him the conqueror. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The mix of qualities he cultivated there-—an independence of mind, coupled with a respect for tradition—would serve him well in the very different atmosphere at Ptolemy’s court in Alexandria. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z References to the theories of Ptolemy and Copernicus are thus references to their mathematical modelling of the cosmos. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Often, discoveries are named after their inventors; from 1597 it became standard to distinguish three systems of the cosmos, those of Ptolemy, Copernicus and Brahe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As instructed, Ptolemy did his best to make his guest feel unwelcome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They seized on this partly because it enabled them to introduce into philosophy a creator God unknown to Aristotle and Ptolemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In Ptolemy’s time comets were elaborately classified as “beams,” “trumpets,” “jars” and so on, according to their shapes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to the power struggle between Ptolemy and Cleopatra, resources and supplies were already running low. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He told me about Occam’s razor, about Ptolemy and the music of the spheres, and how everyone had been all wrong about the sun and the planets for so many centuries. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z When Pompey arrived at Pelusium ahead of Caesar, he found King Ptolemy camped with his army, waiting for Cleopatra. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Ptolemy’s model provided a reasonably accurate system for predicting the positions of heavenly bodies in the sky. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z How the Ptolemies managed such prosperity, however, is not entirely clear. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Modern popular astrology runs directly back to Claudius Ptolemaeus, whom we call Ptolemy, although he was unrelated to the kings of the same name. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ramus, as we have seen, writes of the ‘laws’ of Ptolemy and of Euclid. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z From Cleopatra’s point of view, Ptolemy XII had been betrayed by his subjects, who sent him into exile and tried to have him overthrown. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Ptolemy III Euergetes wished to borrow from Athens the original manuscripts or official state copies of the great ancient tragedies of Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re used to seeing the Egypt of the Ptolemies through the eyes of her eventual conquerors. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The Greek universe, created by Pythagoras, Aristotle, and Ptolemy, survived long after the collapse of Greek civilization. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z —Julius Caesar Ptolemy’s advisers knew that if Cleopatra allied with Caesar, they stood to lose all their power. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He then proclaimed Ptolemy XV Caesar to be Julius Caesar’s son and named him King of Kings. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It is therefore not so surprising that the Ptolemies chose to continue this ancient marriage custom between members of the Egyptian royal family. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Only in a culture where the authority of the great classical authors such as Ptolemy and Galen had begun to be undermined could a project like Vesalius’s Fabric be undertaken. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This was to become the standard textbook in advanced astronomy for the whole of the sixteenth century, and in it Peuerbach and Regiomontanus did not hesitate to criticize Ptolemy for his errors. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Kepler’s model was simpler than Ptolemy’s, and it was more accurate. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The Ptolemies also promoted immigration from elsewhere in the Greek world, offering direct economic rewards as well as the material comforts of a lavish foundation where no expense was spared. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z She then called on her brother, Ptolemy III Euergetes, for support. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Ptolemy had based his astronomy on measurements, just as Kepler did. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Ptolemy recognized this flaw, but nevertheless his model was generally, although not universally, accepted. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His new astronomy had certain evident advantages over the established astronomy of Ptolemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The pharaohs of Egypt had a long-standing program to educate their daughters to prepare them to rule, and this was one of the traditions that the Ptolemies followed, too. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He renewed the pact established with Ptolemy XII and Ptolemy XIII, declaring Cleopatra to be “a friend and ally” of Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Just before he arrived, the third war between the Ptolemies and the Seleucid Empire broke out, this time over a succession dispute. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Ptolemy gave the astrologers the information they needed, and Newton explained Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Ptolemy and Copernicus had regarded 10 minutes as precisely the acceptable margin of error. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Ptolemy XII could be weak, harsh, and unpredictable. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As at the Lyceum, there would have been a sanctuary for the Muses, and an altar for sacrifices, as well as a head priest, in this case appointed by Ptolemy. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z As unrest grew, Ptolemy’s only choice was to seek Rome’s help, further angering the citizens. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Ptolemy IV Philopater hazarded the use of native Egyptian troops at Raphia, and won the battle with their help; just a few years later, native mercenaries in Thebes used their hard-won martial skills to revolt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The long and colorful reign of the Ptolemies came to an end. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z But before the grandeur and intricacy of Nature, he was, like Ptolemy and Kepler, exhilarated as well as disarmingly modest. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But Ptolemy and his followers had assumed that measurements could be regarded as approximations: in practice, there were bound to be minor discrepancies between theoretical predictions and actual measurements. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z After the translation of Ptolemy’s Geography there is a record of a terrestrial globe being made in 1443 ‘according to Ptolemy’s description’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Restored to power, Ptolemy took steps to make sure that his position would be secure. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z King Ptolemy XII named his daughter Cleopatra, which in Greek means “her father’s glory.” Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z On his deathbed, Peuerbach made Regiomontanus promise to complete the work, which he did, although the new translation of Ptolemy was not carried out. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It is likely that Cleopatra was at this point ruling independently because Ptolemy was so young. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Ptolemy’s clockwork heavens—with Earth at the center—were extremely accurate. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Only after Ptolemy guaranteed their return with an enormous cash deposit did they agree to lend the plays. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On June 23, Cleopatra gave birth to a son, whom she named Ptolemy Caesar. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Left without a commander, the Alexandrians asked Caesar to send Ptolemy to lead them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z That plan failed, but it would not be surprising for Arsinoe to convince Ptolemy XIV to conspire with her against their sister. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z To alleviate this, the Ptolemies legitimized their power by adopting the trappings of old-time pharaonic rule. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z That the Ptolemies maintained a public library suggests that literacy was relatively widespread in the capital, at least among the Greeks. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The Ptolemy Family The Ptolemy family came originally from Macedonia, a kingdom located in the northern region of ancient Greece. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z With the death of the first Ptolemy, Demetrius was placed under house arrest, never to see freedom again. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z But Ptolemy valued those scrolls more than gold or silver. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z From Cleopatra’s point of view, only Octavian stood in the way of Ptolemy XV Caesar’s destiny as Caesar’s heir. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Alas, Egyptian mines were tapped out; the Ptolemies were therefore constantly on the make for gold and silver to pay their soldiers. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z In 1567 the great Protestant logician and mathematician Petrus Ramus referred to ‘the laws of Ptolemy’ and ‘the laws of Euclid’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Ptolemy begins with P; the first symbol in the cartouche is a square. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This implied that everything did not have to orbit directly around the earth, as Aristotle and Ptolemy had thought. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He carried Ptolemy’s golden armor as an emblem of his victory. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z To account for the planets’ bizarre behavior, Ptolemy added epicycles to his planetary clockwork: little circles within circles could explain the backward, or retrograde, motion of the planets. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This idea was elaborated by Ptolemy in the second century A.D. into a complete cosmological model. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But how do we explain the apparent motion of the planets—Mars, for example, which had been known for thousands of years before Ptolemy’s time? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z King Ptolemy I called himself the pharaoh, in keeping with the Egyptian kings and queens who ruled before him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Oh, of course, you wouldn’t know — Chocolate Frogs have cards inside them, you know, to collect — famous witches and wizards. I’ve got about five hundred, but I haven’t got Agrippa or Ptolemy.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Ruling Alone In the inscription that describes Cleopatra’s participation in the ceremony of the Buchis bull, no mention is made of Ptolemy XIII. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Taking the opportunity to build up Ptolemy’s Museum must therefore have been something of a no-brainer. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Development of the institutions designed to make the city heir to Athenian intellectual greatness, the Museum and Great Library, was already well under way under the first Ptolemy. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z She needed to meet with him face to face, but Ptolemy’s army blocked her path to Alexandria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z But in Kepler’s view Ptolemy’s measurements were not accurate enough, nor were any of those made since, except for Tycho Brahe’s. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The Ptolemies paid Rome to protect them from uprisings by native Egyptians and occasional threats from tribes to the east. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Instead, it took the patronage of the “decadent” Ptolemies to put ancient Greek science—and book collecting—on a firm institutional footing. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z In Cleopatra’s absence, Arsinoe had tried to pass off an imposter as Ptolemy XIII, alive and well and claiming his place on the throne. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Champollion, who was fluent in ancient Greek, read that the stone had been inscribed to commemorate the coronation of Ptolemy V Epiphanes, in the spring of the year 196 B.C. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Caesar ordered his soldiers to take Ptolemy into custody. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Taking Control Sometime during the summer of 44 BCE, Ptolemy XIV died. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The figures, from left to right, are the astronomers Hipparchus, Copernicus, an anonymous ancient observer, Brahe and Ptolemy, each surrounded by symbols of his work. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Ptolemy’s advisers thought that the gruesome trophy would please Caesar and would send him on his way. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z That just as the theories of Ptolemy and Newton seemed perfectly satisfactory for centuries, so too our most cherished theories will one day be supplanted. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This explains why there are no parts of the body named after Hippocrates or Galen, no stars named after Ptolemy, no creatures named after Aristotle or Pliny. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But it is in other respects exactly like Ptolemy’s: it is made up of a series of spheres, nested one within the other. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Ptolemy Philadelphus received territories in Asia Minor, including the northern part of Syria and Cilicia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It worked at least as well as Ptolemy’s spheres in explaining the apparent motion of the planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ptolemy II established the Library and vowed to collect one copy of every manuscript in existence. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z To Copernicus, his model was better than that of Ptolemy because it was, in modern parlance, more elegant. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z However, from the beginning of their reign, the Ptolemies combined their Greek heritage with Egyptian customs that could be traced back thousands of years. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Romans sneaked up behind Ptolemy’s encampment and pushed his army back to the banks of the Nile. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z According to the Egyptian law that the Ptolemies followed, women were allowed to take the throne and rule in their own right or as equal partners alongside the men. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z First, in addition to inviting skilled Greeks to immigrate to the capital, the Ptolemies barred native Egyptians from spending more than twenty days in Alexandria at a time. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The Greeks had direct exposure to these Asian libraries after Alexander’s conquest of Mesopotamia; that they were a direct inspiration for Ptolemy’s foundation, however, can only be a surmise. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The soldiers had stayed on in Alexandria after restoring Ptolemy XII to power. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Supported by the Church through the Dark Ages, Ptolemy’s model helped prevent the advance of astronomy for a millennium. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z What Ptolemy had managed to achieve was a system that accurately predicted movements in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Cleopatra’s father, Ptolemy XII, was called Auletes, which means “the flute player.” Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z To restore order, Caesar reread Ptolemy XII’s will and vowed to carry out his wishes. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When Ptolemy I started to show evidence of favoring succession to one of his younger sons, the future Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Demetrius opined in favor of the interests of Eurydice, the old king’s first wife. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z She reminded Mark Antony of the long and mutually beneficial relationship the Ptolemies and Rome enjoyed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Indeed, Athens’ most important exports to Ptolemy’s kingdom would not have been her signature products, such as wine, honey, and olive oil, or even books for the Great Library, but intellectuals like Eratosthenes himself. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Ptolemy borrowed a huge sum of money to meet their demands, stacking debt upon debt for his subjects to repay. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Ptolemy may have agreed to honor his duty to Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The fourth letter in Ptolemy is an L. Is it represented by the lion? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The identity of her mother is uncertain, but it is likely that she was Ptolemy XII’s sister, Cleopatra V The pharaohs had long practiced brother-sister marriage. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z This model permitted reasonably accurate predictions of planetary motion, certainly good enough for the precision of measurement available in Ptolemy’s day, and even many centuries later. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But in order to predict these positions correctly, Ptolemy had to make an assumption that the moon followed a path that sometimes brought it twice as close to the earth as at other times. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, she was. She was a Ptolemy. Big family back then. They were Greek Egyptians. I’ve got a little Egyptian blood in me, too. You and me are probably related.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Around 300, the stepson of Ptolemy I, Magas, was appointed governor. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z According to the rules of the dynasty, Cleopatra now married her youngest brother, Ptolemy XIV, and resumed her seat on the throne as Egypt’s pharaoh. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Once he arrived safely in Rome, Ptolemy went to work lobbying for support. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z To be sure, the Ptolemies did commission massive new temples in the ancient style, largely to help the Macedonian rulers ingratiate themselves with their native subjects. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z In the fall, she gave birth to a son whom she named Ptolemy Philadelphus. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Ptolemy XV Caesar was thirteen years old by this time. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Using the Egyptian title of pharaoh linked Ptolemy to Egyptian history and to the power of the Egyptian gods. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Ptolemy published his work in a treatise explaining reasons for thinking that the earth is spherical, motionless, positioned at the center of the universe, and negligibly small in comparison to the distance of the heavens. Book Excerpt: Stephen Hawking's 'The Grand Design' 2010-09-15T18:45:00Z Funny thing is, the person who cast Jackson as the title character in “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,” premiering Friday on Apple TV+, was Samuel L. Jackson. Review: The Graying of Samuel L. Jackson 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z The device gives the mystery its kick — Ptolemy needs the treatments to work if he’s going to catch the murderer. Review: The Graying of Samuel L. Jackson 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z We meet Ptolemy in his squalid apartment, a cockroach-infested hoarder’s paradise where he attends to the bleak drone of cable news and struggles to piece together fragmentary memories of his Mississippi childhood. Review: The Graying of Samuel L. Jackson 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Claudius Ptolemy, the Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer and father of geography, called the Rwenzori range the Mountains of the Moon, and I think he got it about right. Mountains of the moon: climbing Uganda's highest peak 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z This – since Ptolemy is the first of Brotton's 12 cartographers to be featured – is doubly unfortunate. A History of the World in Twelve Maps by Jerry Brotton – review 2012-08-24T07:00:02Z Ptolemy responds to her determination and honesty; she appreciates his fatherly chivalry and the intellect and sensitivity that shine through his mental fog. Review: The Graying of Samuel L. Jackson 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z The pair learns that Ptolemy’s memories might be restored by treatment, leading to difficult truths about the past, present and even the future. New this week: ‘Turning Red,’ Ryan Reynolds and Mooski album 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Her father, Ptolemy XII Auletes, was a king of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt and undoubtedly of European descent. Netflix accused of "Blackwashing" docudrama "Queen Cleopatra" 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Following Ptolemy, the Arab geographers placed Syria in the third clime and Iraq in the fourth, both known for their temperate weather. Iraq and Syria’s Poetic Borders 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Should we have been shocked at the sight of Ptolemy wrenching the tongue out of a slaughtered giraffe and slathering it in the face of a grieving woman? Julius Caesar; Siegfried – review 2012-10-06T23:08:03Z Built during the reign of Ptolemy V and dedicated to a river god, Esna’s temple was conscripted by the Romans and then abandoned. A Nile Journey Guided by 19th-Century Women 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Eric Jurenas was the second countertenor — adequate, but not making a strong vocal impression in the oily, villainous role of Ptolemy. Wolf Trap Opera, Castleton Festival launch unevenly but laudably on same weekend The doctor Ptolemy sees — played by the usually reliable Walton Goggins with a note of uneasy unctuousness — offers him an experimental, short-term miracle: a complete but temporary restoration of his mind and his memory. Review: The Graying of Samuel L. Jackson 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z But it is true that Ptolemy takes Cleopatra with him and Cleopatra, of course, rises up to become this famous last of her line. Cleopatra’s shadows: The sisters who could give “Game of Thrones'” women a run for their money 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Divided into eight panels, it includes a drawing of the nine concentric spheres of the universe as conceived by Ptolemy, plus two. Missionary to the Forbidden City 2010-09-27T12:02:00Z Although it is not uncommon for people to say Copernicus proved Ptolemy wrong, that is not true. Book Excerpt: Stephen Hawking's 'The Grand Design' 2010-09-15T18:45:00Z Just when it looks like all Ptolemy has left is to count his remaining days, two people alter the course of his life. Samuel L. Jackson and Walter Mosley Team Up for a Sci-Fi Fable 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z So Jackson gets to have it both ways, and the show’s tension springs from our continuing assessment of Ptolemy’s mental state. Review: The Graying of Samuel L. Jackson 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z The "mystery" was the source of the Nile, which had exercised Europeans and Egyptians ever since Ptolemy in the second century CE. Explorers of the Nile by Tim Jeal - review 2011-08-26T21:55:02Z "A coin image was a statement of power intended to prove you were the rightful ruler, which meant you wanted to look like a Ptolemy," he points out. Angelina Jolie's Cleopatra will show Egypt's queen as more than a sex kitten 2011-01-09T00:06:49Z In the end the source of the Nile turned out to be roughly where Ptolemy had put it. Explorers of the Nile by Tim Jeal - review 2011-08-26T21:55:02Z What made TV the right medium to tell the story of Ptolemy? Samuel L. Jackson and Walter Mosley Team Up for a Sci-Fi Fable 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z When you think about Egypt and Cleopatra, and the fact that she was a Ptolemy — the Ptolemys ruled Egypt for 300 years and then, over. Tim Gunn’s Happy Place Is ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ Washed Down With Good Gin 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Patel’s nomination may have come at the expense of Samuel L. Jackson, who was among the favorites in the limited-series-actor category for “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey.” ‘Yellowstone’ and ‘Reservation Dogs’ Are Among the Emmy Snubs 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z “Book of Optics” gathered all the available knowledge of the field at the time: Galen’s study of the eye, Euclid’s and Ptolemy’s treatises on geometry, Aristotle’s suppositions about the soul. What Made Leonardo Such a Great Artist? Science, Says a New Book 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Ancient Greeks, including Ptolemy, a renowned mapmaker and astronomer who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, created images that reflected increased knowledge of far-off lands. Review | A look at the maps that shaped our world 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The Ptolemies are a very interesting set in terms of the relationship between men and women and power. Cleopatra’s shadows: The sisters who could give “Game of Thrones'” women a run for their money 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Cleopatra was born in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in 69 BC and served as the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, which was founded by a Macedonian Greek general named Ptolemy I Soter. Netflix accused of "Blackwashing" docudrama "Queen Cleopatra" 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z This left “Ptolemy,” “Bombay,” “Thursday” and “Ocean,” as well as “Atlas,” their ultimate choice. First Person: The New Baby-Name Anxiety 2013-05-31T20:39:26Z But what begins as a lively, colorfully illustrated primer — a brief history of cosmology from Ptolemy to Einstein — abruptly shifts gears, drawing a clear battle line in the dark matter dividing scientists and theologians. 'The Principle' takes on cosmology, Earth's place in universe 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The Oscar-nominated actor expects to star in the Apple TV limited series “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey.” Samuel L. Jackson to receive honor at NAACP Image Awards 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z They also found a colossal stone head believed to be of Caesarion, son of Cleopatra and previous lover Julius Caesar, and two sphinxes, one of them probably representing Cleopatra's father, Ptolemy XII. Divers explore sunken ruins of Cleopatra's palace 2010-05-25T21:56:00Z And it was precisely by exploiting this fluid system of divine correlations that Alexander and the Ptolemies managed to gain sanction from both sides and legitimise their political power. Deep rising 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Through a slightly fantastical plot device, Ptolemy Grey slides back and forth between crotchety dementia and full, get-your-swagger-on capability. Review: The Graying of Samuel L. Jackson 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z When he examined the map, he saw the figure was actually an homage to the 2nd century geographer Ptolemy. A $7.5-million find: Overlooked Getty estate sale map turns out to be 14th century treasure 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z A few centuries later, another Greek astronomer, Ptolemy, attempted to classify stars using a six-tier scale, assigning the brightest stars to the first tier and the faintest ones to the sixth. What’s the Faintest Star You Can See in the Sky? 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Once they cemented their control, the Ptolemies were able to simply act as pharaohs, despite remaining ethnically and linguistically Macedonian Greek. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Alexander’s empire was divided among his top generals, including Seleucus, Ptolemy, and Antigonus. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Egyptologists have confirmed that she was Macedonian-Greek on the side of her father, Ptolemy XII, but her maternal heritage is less clear; little is known about her birth mother’s ethnic origin. After backlash to Netflix's Black 'Queen Cleopatra,' Egypt plans counterprogramming 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Clausen believes the chart’s author conflated Ptolemy with a dynasty of Greek kings who had ruled Egypt. A $7.5-million find: Overlooked Getty estate sale map turns out to be 14th century treasure 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Modernizing Ptolemy’s scale, however, required anchoring it to a precise, quantitative definition of how bright any star is at a given magnitude. What’s the Faintest Star You Can See in the Sky? 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z They also warred with one another, however, with the Ptolemies and the Seleucids emerging as particularly bitter rivals, frequently fighting over the territories that divided their empires. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Ptolemy had an elaborate tomb built for Alexander and made it a focal point of the capital at Alexandria. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z It sparked a backlash in the North African nation for casting mixed-race British actor Adele James as the Pharaonic ruler — the last queen of the Greek-speaking dynasty founded by Alexander the Great’s Macedonian general Ptolemy. After backlash to Netflix's Black 'Queen Cleopatra,' Egypt plans counterprogramming 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Born to Egyptian king Ptolemy XII Auletes and an unknown mother in 69 B.C., Who was Cleopatra? 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Cleopatra, the last queen of a Greek-speaking dynasty founded by Alexander the Great’s Macedonian general Ptolemy, was born in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria in 69 BC. Director of Netflix series starring a Black Cleopatra fires back at Egyptian backlash 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z The Ptolemies supported trading posts along the Red Sea and as far south as present-day Eritrea and Ethiopia, trading for ivory and gold from the African interior. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition, Ptolemy had a temple dedicated to the new god Serapis built in the capital city. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Cleopatra was born in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in 69 BC and became the last queen of a Greek-speaking dynasty founded by Alexander the Great's Macedonian general Ptolemy. Egyptians complain over Netflix depiction of Cleopatra as black 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Eddy’s television credits also include “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,” “Those Who Can’t” and “Fresh Off the Boat.” 'General Hospital' stars pay tribute to actor Sonya Eddy: 'She was a gift' 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Egyptologists have confirmed that she was Macedonian-Greek on her father, Ptolemy XII’s, side, but her maternal heritage is less clear because little is known about her birth mother’s ethnic origin. Director of Netflix series starring a Black Cleopatra fires back at Egyptian backlash 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z The Jews also struggled with their Greek overlords, a problem exacerbated by the fact that they were ruled first by the Ptolemies and then by the Seleucids. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Another Macedonian general, Ptolemy, was king of Egypt. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z She succeeded her father Ptolemy XII in 51 BC and ruled until her death in 30 BC. Egyptians complain over Netflix depiction of Cleopatra as black 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Apple TV+'s “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” finds the actor playing 91 and battling Alzheimer’s. Samuel L. Jackson refutes Quentin Tarantino's hot take on Marvel actors 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Until now, says Evans, the only star catalogue that had survived from antiquity was one compiled by astronomer Claudius Ptolemy in Alexandria, Egypt, in the second century AD. First Known Map of Night Sky Found Hidden in Medieval Parchment 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Following Newton, figures like Aristotle and Ptolemy were increasingly regarded in the manner they are today: important individuals in the history of thought, especially philosophy, but not sources of accurate scientific information. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z To win the support of the Egyptian people, Ptolemy and his successors assumed the title of pharaoh and built temples to Egyptian gods. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In Ptolemy’s model, Venus could also show phases, but they were the wrong phases in the wrong order from what Galileo observed. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Applying mathematical calculations to data he collected using tools that he himself created, Gersonides concluded that several principles advanced by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy were wrong. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The researchers think that Hipparchus’s original list, like Ptolemy’s, would have included observations of nearly every visible star in the sky. First Known Map of Night Sky Found Hidden in Medieval Parchment 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z They had not yet conquered the remaining Hellenistic kingdoms, namely those of the Seleucids in the Near East and the Ptolemies in Egypt, but they controlled a vast territory nonetheless. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In Egypt, for example, Ptolemy II married his sister Arsinoe, as was the custom for pharaohs, and installed her as co-ruler. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Ptolemy of Alexandria summarized classic astronomy in his Almagest; he explained planetary motions, including retrograde motion, with remarkably good accuracy using a model centered on Earth. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z At the time, the Catholic Church espoused the ancient Greek astronomer Ptolemy’s geocentric model of the solar system, in which the sun and the planets revolve around Earth. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The relationship between Hipparchus and Ptolemy has always been murky. First Known Map of Night Sky Found Hidden in Medieval Parchment 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z In the end, the Ptolemies were the longest-lasting of the Hellenistic dynasties. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Why did the Ptolemies, who were Macedonian Greeks, style themselves as Egyptian pharaohs? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z It reached its peak in the Greco-Roman world, especially as recorded in the Tetrabiblos of Ptolemy. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z "In roughly a millennium, from Ptolemy's time to the building of Harlech Castle during the Norman period, the seascape had completely altered." Map may show evidence of Wales' Atlantis off Ceredigion 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z “Many people think that Hipparchus was the truly great discoverer,” says Gysembergh, whereas Ptolemy was “an amazing teacher” who compiled his predecessors’ work. First Known Map of Night Sky Found Hidden in Medieval Parchment 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Even the Ptolemies, the most genuinely independent power in the region, acknowledged that Rome held all the real power in international affairs. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z There the Ptolemies founded the Museon, or “home of the Muses,” from which the term “museum” derives. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Why did Ptolemy have to introduce multiple circles of motion for the planets instead of a single, simple circle to represent the planet’s motion around the Sun? Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The Greek polymath Ptolemy, for example, noted red stars visible with the naked eye in his second-century treatise on astrology, but Betelgeuse was not included. Ancient Stargazers Saw Betelgeuse Shine a Different Color 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z From the data in the fragments, the team concludes that Ptolemy did not simply copy Hipparchus’s numbers. First Known Map of Night Sky Found Hidden in Medieval Parchment 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Under the Ptolemies, Egypt was in many ways at its most prosperous in history, outstripping even the incredible bounty of the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms centuries earlier. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Shortly after this, Pompey fled to Egypt, where he was murdered by the Egyptian pharaoh Ptolemy XIII, who hoped to win Caesar’s favor. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Almagest does not deal exclusively with Ptolemy’s own work; it includes a discussion of the astronomical achievements of the past, principally those of Hipparchus. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Considering that it’s one of the brightest and reddest stars in the sky now, the omission suggests that it was not red in Ptolemy’s time. Ancient Stargazers Saw Betelgeuse Shine a Different Color 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z And whereas Ptolemy based his coordinate system on the ecliptic, Hipparchus used the celestial equator, a system more common in modern star maps. First Known Map of Night Sky Found Hidden in Medieval Parchment 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The most influential ancient sources of scientific knowledge were Ptolemy, a Greek astronomer and mathematician, and Aristotle. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The descendants of Alexander’s generals, Antigonus, Seleucus, and Ptolemy, ruled over separate kingdoms in Macedon and Greece, western and central Asia, and Egypt, building new Greek cities for their Greek colonists. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Ptolemy’s most important contribution was a geometric representation of the solar system that predicted the positions of the planets for any desired date and time. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z In the second century, the Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy observed the Sun, Moon, and stars moving across the sky. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever you might think of the multiverse, it is a logical next step in our progression from the Earth-centered universe of Ptolemy to the modern cosmos of dark energy, fantastic galaxies and, perhaps, other life-forms. Tripping Through the Universes 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z He retained the idea of the crystal spheres, and he also used Ptolemy’s calculations in his own work, but his was nevertheless the first work to propose the concept of a heliocentric universe. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, Cleopatra VII was a ruler of Egypt from 51 to 30 BCE and the final member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, named for descendants of Ptolemy, general under Alexander the Great. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Ptolemy supplemented this material with new observations of his own and produced a cosmological model that endured more than a thousand years, until the time of Copernicus. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Ptolemy was a highly regarded mathematician, and his mathematical calculations were widely accepted by the scientific community. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z That she is named Robyn — “first bird of spring,” Ptolemy says — seems meant to reflect a protective, nesting instinct, and perhaps a capacity for flight. In 'Ptolemy Grey,' Samuel L. Jackson spins an uplifting Alzheimer's tale 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z This book presented the ideas of both Copernicus and Ptolemy, but it clearly showed that Galileo supported the Copernican theory. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Cleopatra was at that time co- ruler with Ptolemy XV, her son by Julius Caesar. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Ptolemy solved the problem of explaining the observed motions of planets by having each planet revolve in a small orbit called an epicycle. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z But she’s mainly in town to direct Samuel L. Jackson in a new Apple TV adaptation of Walter Mosley’s novel “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey.” The astonishing ubiquity of Debbie Allen 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z But Rubin is not so much a doctor, functionally speaking, as a genie, and although Ptolemy calls him Satan, not without a certain mocking affection, he’s not quite a White Devil. In 'Ptolemy Grey,' Samuel L. Jackson spins an uplifting Alzheimer's tale 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Alexandria’s last renowned astronomer, Ptolemy, incorrectly placed Earth at the center of the solar system. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z One officer, Ptolemy, took Egypt and founded a dynasty that ruled it for the next three centuries. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z By choosing the right combination of speeds and distances, Ptolemy succeeded in having the planet moving westward at the correct speed and for the correct interval of time, thus replicating retrograde motion with his model. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z When I contemplate quantum mechanics, with all its hedges and qualifications, I keep thinking of poor old Ptolemy. Is the Schrödinger Equation True? 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z “I’m sure your money’s bought plenty of Black souls and bodies,” Ptolemy says, rejecting a $5,000 signing bonus, “but I ain’t selling. Me and you, we just trading favors.” In 'Ptolemy Grey,' Samuel L. Jackson spins an uplifting Alzheimer's tale 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z In 2020, Kathryn Bard, professor of Archaeology and Classical Studies at Boston University, told Newsweek, "Cleopatra VII was white - of Macedonian descent, as were all of the Ptolemy rulers, who lived in Egypt." Gal Gadot defends her casting as Cleopatra in upcoming biopic 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z They adapted the Egyptian style partially because they were awed by the history and grandeur of Egypt and also because the Ptolemies wanted the people to see them as legitimate rulers of Egypt, not foreigners. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In order to match the observed motions of the planets, Ptolemy had to center the deferent circles, not on Earth, but at points some distance from Earth. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Cleopatra, born in the ancient Egyptian capital Alexandria, was the last ruler in the dynasty founded by Alexander the Great's Macedonian general Ptolemy, whose descendants ruled Egypt for 300 years. Gal Gadot defends Cleopatra casting after 'whitewashing' controversy 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Robyn doesn’t even arrive until the end of the first hour, which is devoted to Ptolemy’s contrasting relationships with Reggie and Hilly. In 'Ptolemy Grey,' Samuel L. Jackson spins an uplifting Alzheimer's tale 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z With his naked eyes, Ptolemy couldn’t find any movement among the stars, which he assumed were fixed points on a sphere rotating around Earth. Precise maps of millions of bright quasars show our place in the cosmos as never before 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Ptolemies also enticed Jewish people from Palestine to settle in northern Egypt, making Alexandria one of the most cosmopolitan cities in all antiquity. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z His extensive and precise observations enabled him to note that the positions of the planets varied from those given in published tables, which were based on the work of Ptolemy. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z But earlier this year, Kathryn Bard, Professor of Archaeology and Classical Studies at Boston University, told Newsweek: "Cleopatra VII was white - of Macedonian descent, as were all of the Ptolemy rulers, who lived in Egypt." Gal Gadot defends Cleopatra casting after 'whitewashing' controversy 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Ptolemy has a full plate of business — the treasure, the killer, Robyn, family affairs — and little time to clear it. In 'Ptolemy Grey,' Samuel L. Jackson spins an uplifting Alzheimer's tale 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z “The last time positional astronomy was exciting was around, like, Ptolemy. Right?” Precise maps of millions of bright quasars show our place in the cosmos as never before 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z To convincingly style themselves as pharaohs, the Ptolemies turned to religion. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z These data were extremely valuable, but Brahe didn’t have the ability to analyze them and develop a better model than what Ptolemy had published. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Cleopatra was a descendant of Ptolemy I, a Macedonian Greek who established himself as king of Egypt after the death of his companion Alexander the Great. Gal Gadot has been tapped to play Cleopatra, and fan reaction is split 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z In “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,” adapted by Walter Mosley from his 2010 novel, Samuel L. Jackson plays the title character, a man in his 90s experiencing recently worsening dementia. In 'Ptolemy Grey,' Samuel L. Jackson spins an uplifting Alzheimer's tale 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Her previous discoveries include a headless statue of a pharaoh, believed to be King Ptolemy IV, Cleopatra’s ancestor, and a foundation plate with an inscription showing that the temple was dedicated to the goddess Isis. 'Sensational' Egypt find offers clues in hunt for Cleopatra’s tomb 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z One of Ptolemy’s first acts as ruler of Egypt was to seize the body of Alexander the Great as it was being transported from Babylon home to Macedonia. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But Ptolemy was faced with the far more complex problem of explaining such motion while assuming a stationary Earth. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z In a separate project, archaeologists recently discovered a long-lost 2,200-year-old ancient temple linked to Pharaoh Ptolemy IV. Additionally, an ancient fortress built by Pharaoh Ramses II is revealing its secrets. 20 ancient wooden coffins discovered in Egyptian necropolis 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Robyn initially finds Ptolemy off-putting, because he’s old and strange and she’s a teenager, but further circumstances will bring her to his door, looking for a place to live. In 'Ptolemy Grey,' Samuel L. Jackson spins an uplifting Alzheimer's tale 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Experts subsequently uncovered stone inscriptions featuring the name of Ptolemy IV. Images of animals and birds were also found on the temple walls. Long-lost 2,200-year-old temple of Pharaoh Ptolemy IV discovered 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Euclid, Ptolemy and Galen were all translated from Greek into Arabic, and scholars used this knowledge to develop multiple scientific fields. Review | During the Dark Ages, scholars in a few cities kept ancient knowledge alive 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Furthermore, because the Greeks believed that celestial motions had to be circles, Ptolemy had to construct his model using circles alone. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Dante had his Aristotle, Ptolemy and Euclid down pat. Review | An astronomer’s poetic soul meets Dante’s scientific mind 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z The catch with Rubin’s treatment is that its effect will be short-lived, and possibly leave Ptolemy in worse shape than before. In 'Ptolemy Grey,' Samuel L. Jackson spins an uplifting Alzheimer's tale 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z On a recent Tuesday afternoon, Bassett—a slight figure with short hair that persistently sneaks in front of her right eye—stands before her class with a large, gilded-edged volume of Claudius Ptolemy. This physicist is trying to make sense of the brain’s tangled networks 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Influenced by Ptolemy’s calculations, other scientists were able to determine the Earth’s circumference to within 400 miles of today’s more accurate measurements. Review | During the Dark Ages, scholars in a few cities kept ancient knowledge alive 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z But we must not let our modern judgment cloud our admiration for Ptolemy’s achievement. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z A descendant of Ptolemy I, a Macedonian Greek who established Hellenistic rule over Egypt in the late 4th century B.C., Cleopatra and Nefertiti you know. But the ‘Queens of Egypt’ exhibition will blow you away with someone you’ve never heard of. 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Jackson manages to make Ptolemy feel whole, continuous, in his abrupt shifts of body and mind, whether being taken care of or caretaking — caretaking being the story’s overarching theme. In 'Ptolemy Grey,' Samuel L. Jackson spins an uplifting Alzheimer's tale 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z In another project, experts unearthed a 2,200-year-old gold coin depicting the ancient King Ptolemy III, an ancestor of the famed Cleopatra. Eight ancient painted mummies discovered in Egypt 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z This was not a lowly, thankless position but a mark of honor: At one point, Alexander the Great’s edeatros was Ptolemy, the trusted general who would eventually seize control of Egypt after his superior’s death. What if the Powerful (and Paranoid) Started Using Official Tasters Again? 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z It is a tribute to the genius of Ptolemy as a mathematician that he was able to develop such a complex system to account successfully for the observations of planets. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Two sandstone reliefs of King Ptolemy V were also recently found at the temple. Archaeologists find sphinx at Egypt temple 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z As predictable as the course of her relationship with Ptolemy might be, as sentimental its peaks and valleys, she never goes for a cheap effect but spins it all into pure feeling. In 'Ptolemy Grey,' Samuel L. Jackson spins an uplifting Alzheimer's tale 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z We learned that it dates to 304 and 30 BC, so sometime after the death of Alexander the Great when the descendents of Ptolemy I ruled Egypt. Why Do People Want to Drink the Sarcophagus Water? 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z It dates back to sometime between 304 and 30 B.C., a time after the death of Alexander the Great,when the descendants of Ptolemy I, who was one of Alexander’s generals, ruled Egypt. Discovery of Massive Granite Sarcophagus Presents Mystery of Who Is Inside 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z These observations could not be reconciled with Ptolemy’s model, in which Venus circled about Earth. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z It says archaeologists found a gold coin depicting King Ptolemy III, who ruled Egypt in the 3rd century B.C. and was an ancestor of the famed Cleopatra. Archaeologists discover Greco-Roman era building in Egypt 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Later on, Greek philosophers and mathematicians like Ptolemy, Aristotle and Pythagoras used calculations and observations of Earth's curved shadow on the moon during lunar eclipses to conclude the planet was round. The Earth is round, and other myths, debunked by the flat Earth movement (you read that right) – LA Times 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z The ancient Greeks, such as the mathematician Ptolemy, weren't even sure if zero was a number. History: Five millennia of Indian science : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Writings from one Roman historian state that Ptolemy was then abruptly called home. How Volcanoes Caused Violent Uprisings in Cleopatra's Egypt 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Natal astrology reached its peak with Ptolemy 400 years later. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z It says the coin was made during the reign of King Ptolemy IV in memory of his father. Archaeologists discover Greco-Roman era building in Egypt 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Ptolemy fitted observations of the motions of the stars to a geocentric model of the cosmos, with complex epicycles to explain the retrograde motions of the planets. Quantum machine learning : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Egyptians began to convert to Christianity not long after the time of Christ, but most people never learned the languages of their successive foreign rulers: the Ptolemies, the Romans, the Byzantines. Learning Arabic from Egypt’s Revolution 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Established around the third century B.C. by Ptolemy I, it was destroyed sometime in the first century B.C. Mostafa el-Abbadi, Champion of Alexandria’s Resurrected Library, Dies at 88 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z As famous for his astrology as for his astronomy, Ptolemy compiled the Tetrabiblos, a treatise on astrology that remains the “bible” of the subject. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Ptolemy and the ancient Greeks believed that Earth had four habitable zones balanced by two uninhabitable frigid zones—often thought to be water—at the top and bottom of the globe. These Maps Show the Epic Quest for a Northwest Passage 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Its chemistry lab is a descendent of the Ptolemy mass spectrometer flown on Philae. Europe backs lunar drilling technology - BBC News 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z All undergraduates study French and classical Greek, the great books of the Western canon and the mathematicians Euclid and Ptolemy. At St. John’s College, proposal to put Santa Fe president in charge of Annapolis campus sparks worry 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Another significant object on show will be a headless sculpture from Canopus representing Arsinoe II - the eldest daughter of Ptolemy I - who was deified after her death to become a Greek and Egyptian goddess. Egypt's sunken cities explored at British Museum show - BBC News 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Ptolemy determined the distance to the Moon correctly to within a few percent. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The stone contains a decree passed by a council of priests and is one of a series that affirm the royal cult of the 13-year-old Ptolemy V on the first anniversary of his coronation. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Second, no names of Indus rulers or personages are known from myths or historical records: no equivalents of Rameses or Ptolemy, who were known to hieroglyphic decipherers from records of ancient Egypt available in Greek. Ancient civilization: Cracking the Indus script 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z At this stage, I should declare an interest: I am a co-investigator on the Ptolemy team – but not an author on the paper. Life's Building-Block Chemicals Found on Comet by Lander 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Wright is the lead investigator for the shoebox-sized instrument called Ptolemy. The Philae Lander's First Look At The Chemistry Of A Comet 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Prof Ian Wright of the Open University, who leads another instrument, Ptolemy, said the results were "really interesting". Comet yields 'rich array' of organics - BBC News 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Ian Wright, the lead scientist on the Ptolemy instrument, describes the organics found on the comet as a “frozen primordial soup”, but concedes some colleagues might not agree. Rosetta probe studies released, revealing fullest picture of comet yet 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Recall the epicycles, the imaginary circles that Ptolemy used and formalized around A.D. A Crisis at the Edge of Physics 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z But the principal investigator of Ptolemy, and first author on the paper, is my husband Ian Wright. Life's Building-Block Chemicals Found on Comet by Lander 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Ptolemy also detected compounds scientists expect in a comet, like H2O and CO2. The Philae Lander's First Look At The Chemistry Of A Comet 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Ptolemy apparently didn’t care whether his filigrees were real. Dark Matter’s Deep Reach 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Researchers at the Open University in Milton Keynes found material from the same cloud had fallen into their Ptolemy instrument. Rosetta probe studies released, revealing fullest picture of comet yet 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Construction commenced around 297 BC, and Ptolemy imported the most acclaimed experts money could buy as well as bank-rolling a book-buying program that sent scouts to Rhodes and Athens with limitless money. This Surprising Literary Trend Is Experiencing a Golden Age 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z When our view of the cosmos shifted from Ptolemy to Copernicus to Newton and Einstein, Allison said, “the reaction was not to say, ‘Oh my gosh, something is wrong with physics!’ The U.S. government is poised to withdraw longstanding warnings about cholesterol 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Before that, Ptolemy constructed elaborate models in which the other planets spun around us like insane tops, and the models stayed with us long after the observations stopped matching the math. Retrograde Beliefs 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Much of the data gathered by Ptolemy was collected on the fly. UK team's data bonanza from comet 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Low power meant that the Ptolemy instrument, which is designed to analyse chemicals and the relative abundance of isotopes, did not get a chance to study a sub-surface sample. Philae’s 64 hours of comet science yield rich data 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z The classics weighed heavily on Ptolemy’s Egypt just as their ‘modern’ incarnations do on our own. This Surprising Literary Trend Is Experiencing a Golden Age 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Ptolemy is designed to detect different forms of light elements such as carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Paul Rincon: Where next for Philae mission? 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Prof Ian Wright, of the Open University, is the principal investigator of the Ptolemy instrument. Rosetta mission: Can you land on a comet? 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Pictures show that the first landing created a dust cloud visible from space, providing Ptolemy with a feast of data. UK team's data bonanza from comet 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z One of the onboard labs that will do this is called Ptolemy, developed by the Open University. Egyptian obelisk revealed anew 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Does a period of widespread knowledge, readily accessible information and quick literary canonisation like that of Ptolemy’s Alexandria – and, with the internet, like our own – stifle creativity and innovation? This Surprising Literary Trend Is Experiencing a Golden Age 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The Greek royal family in Egypt, the Ptolemies, embraced many local customs, among them marriages of brother and sister to keep political power in the family. ‘When the Greeks Ruled Egypt’ Highlights the Diversity of Cultures in Ptolemaic Egypt 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Medieval astronomers still used the tables of Claudius Ptolemy, a Greek astronomer who lived in the 1st century A.D. SAPVoice: Was Einstein Wrong About Complexity? 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z These tools included carefully written tables with precise recordings of celestial movements, and books of planetary theory—the most important of which was the great work of Claudius Ptolemy: The Almagest. Ramadan 2014: A Good Time To Recall A Forgotten Doctor 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z After all, the ancient geocentric universe of Ptolemy was able to account for the observed motion of the sun, moon and planets by using the complicated motion of epicycles—circles embedded within circles. How the Geocentric Model of the Universe Worked [Video] 2014-01-21T12:00:00Z Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD provides precise mathematical ratios for numerous different scale-tunings, including one that he says sounds "foreign and homespun". How did ancient Greek music really sound? 2013-10-22T23:41:13Z These were probably no more realistic than other images of Ptolemies in pharaoh dress. ‘When the Greeks Ruled Egypt’ Highlights the Diversity of Cultures in Ptolemaic Egypt 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z For the Greek geographer Ptolemy, a perfect world map showed the Mediterranean at its centre, because anywhere beyond it was "barbaric", and in contrast to Greek culture, "uncivilised". Google, there's no such thing as 'the perfect map' 2013-05-16T13:11:36Z He passed away 'in the company of close friends and carers and his cat Ptolemy', his friends said. In Pictures: The life of Sir Patrick Moore 2012-12-09T15:09:28Z The gleaming tribute by Ptolemy Elrington was commissioned by the East Coast train operator. 'It really took me aback' – Jonathan Edwards meets train wreck likeness 2012-05-29T15:31:39Z When he plays two versions of the Seikilos tune using Ptolemy's tunings, the second immediately strikes us as exotic, more like Middle Eastern than Western music. How did ancient Greek music really sound? 2013-10-22T23:41:13Z Since the loss of Greek freedom, and the decay of intellectual life at Athens, that renowned place had become, notably under the Ptolemies, the chief home of science and philosophy. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z From Hipparchus that system found its way into the works of Ptolemy, about 150 A.D., and thence it was carried down the stream of civilization, finding its last resting-place on the dial-plates of our clocks. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z In Egypt the Ptolemies were hindered by special considerations from building Greek cities after the manner of the other Macedonian houses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Yet these great sarcophagi—fit for the burial places of a long line of kings—were not for the Pharaohs or the Ptolemies, but for the Sacred Bulls! From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The works of Aristotle and Ptolemy, of Abubekr, Avicenna, and Alfarabi, and finally those of Averrhoes, were rendered into Latin, and were copied with incredible zeal in all the lands of Christendom. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z He was the god of the Nile, which is indirectly confirmed by Pindar; and by Ptolemy, who says that the Egyptians gave the name of Agathodæmon to the western, or Heracleotic branch. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z Charmion unfastened her sandals and commenced to gently tickle the soles of her feet with a peacock's feather, and Sleep soon sprinkled his golden dust upon the beautiful eyes of Ptolemy's sister. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z One Greek city they found existing, Naucratis; Alexander had called Alexandria Ptolemaic kingdom. into being; the first Ptolemy added Ptolemais as a Greek centre for Upper Egypt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Making a revolution in history of science, H. F. Cohen, in his own words, “almost ludicrously downplayed” the role of Copernicus by regarding him as Ptolemy’s last heir rather than the first Scientific Revolutionary. How the Modern Physics was invented in the 17th century, part 1: The Needham Question 2012-04-07T16:15:00.210Z The town is framed by the Rwenzori Mountains, a glacial chain that the ancient Greek geographer Ptolemy labeled the Mountains of the Moon, borrowing from the name the locals gave to the glowing, snowcapped peaks. Can Coffee Kick-Start an Economy? 2012-04-06T19:51:45Z Two hundred years of effeminate Ptolemies and four hundred of wealthy students had been more than enough to create a tradition of high, luxurious living. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Under the dynasty of the Ptolemies the maritime commerce of Egypt rapidly improved. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Ala, the principal settlement of El Hajr, the Egra of Ptolemy, to whom it was known as an oasis town on the gold and frankincense road. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z She was the daughter of Ptolemy Auletes—Ptolemy the Piper—cordially hated ruler of Egypt. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z It was commenced by the first Ptolemy, and finished about 280 B.C., the workmanship, according to all accounts, being superb. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Led by his beloved Beatrice, our poet now mounts to heaven, and traverses its various spheres, which are represented according to the system of Ptolemy. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Upon its front was inscribed, “King Ptolemy to God the Saviour, for the benefit of sailors.” The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Hebrides are mentioned by Ptolemy under the name of Ἔβουδαι and by Pliny under that of Hebudes, the modern spelling having, it is said, originated in a misprint. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z One of these factions drove Cleopatra from the throne and from her capital at Alexandria, leaving the "triple Uræus crown," with its mystic lotus adornments, on the head of baby Ptolemy alone. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Behind these are Zoroaster and Ptolemy, one with a terrestrial, the other with a celestial globe, addressing two figures which represent Raphael and his master Perugino. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Ptolemy Soter, who carried out Alexander's plans, was a man of no common foresight and strength of character. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Ptolemy, the son of Lagos, is said to have owned five hundred galleys and two thousand smaller vessels. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The next is from a tablet erected to Alexander II. by Ptolemy, at that time viceroy under the Persian king, but who soon after himself became king of Egypt, 305 b. c. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Cleopatra and her baby brother, young Ptolemy, nominally shared the throne for a time. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Some of them were, however, observed by Ptolemy and Al-Sufi, and are mentioned by the latter under Ursa Major. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Here, under successive Ptolemies, professors lectured in splendid halls, amid honored affluence. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z His successor, Ptolemy Philadelphus, attempted to cut a canal a hundred cubits in width between Arsinoe, on the Red Sea, not far from Suez, to the eastern branch of the Nile. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Another modern writer says: “Soon after the death of Alexander the Jews first came into notice under Ptolemy I. of Egypt, and some of their books were collected at the new-built city of Alexandria.” The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Schjellerup thinks that it is very doubtful that Sirius was really red as seen by Hipparchus and Ptolemy. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z But when the Roman came in, there sprang up a school of thought that has done more than any other thing to hand down the fame of Ptolemy's university to succeeding ages. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z For fourteen or fifteen centuries this false theory persisted, on the authority of Ptolemy and the Almagest, rendering progress toward the development of the true theory impossible. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Manetho, an Egyptian priest, who wrote a history of Egypt, by request of Ptolemy II., two hundred and eighty-six years before Christ, carries us back more than seven thousand years. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z It may even be suspected that anecdotes in praise of Peisistratus and Hipparchus were a delicate form of flattery addressed to the reigning Ptolemy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z It has been generally supposed that the Arabian astronomer Alfraganus, in his translation of Ptolemy’s Almagest, refers to only five red stars observed by Ptolemy, namely, Arcturus, Aldebaran, Betelgeuse, Antares, and Pollux. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z All that time the strife of words had never ceased, in the lecture-hall, in the gardens of the departed Ptolemies, round the banquet-table where the professors were feasted at the state's expense. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Aristotle, Ptolemy, and others appear to have held the curious notion that although everything terrestrial is evanescent, nevertheless the cosmos beyond the orbit of the moon is imperishable and eternal. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Ptolemy, three hundred years later, considered that the sun and moon move in circles, yearly, around the earth, and the other planets in circles, whose centers again described circles round the earth. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z Anyone can read them in the Greek version, which was made by the seventy elders for Ptolemy Philadelphus. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Ptolemy described Sirius as ὑπόκιρρος, “fiery red,” the same word used with reference to the other stars mentioned above. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z The question, then, is, How did Christianity, as a philosophy, stand in relation to the affluent professors of Ptolemy's university? The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Then came Claudius Ptolem�us, generally known as Ptolemy, the last great name in Greek astronomy. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z In fact, the views of Ptolemy were quite generally accepted for 1300 years. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z I do not believe your teachers; they will not admit that the seventy elders of Ptolemy, King of Egypt, translated well, but they try to translate for themselves. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Small as it is, it was one of the original forty-eight constellations of Ptolemy. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z What Tyre had been in the time of Solomon, what Sidon was in the days of which Homer wrote, that was Alexandria from the reign of Ptolemy Soter to the days of Mahomet. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The five remaining books of the Almagest deal with the planetary motions, and are the most important of all of Ptolemy's original contributions to astronomy. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Pheasants were brought over from Colchis, and deemed at one time such a rarity, that one of the Ptolemies bitterly lamented his having never tasted any. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z A monk of Citeaux, called Ptolemy de Luques, affirmed that Jesus was engendered near the virgin's heart, from three drops of her blood. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z There is some difficulty in identifying the stars numbered by Ptolemy 13, 14, and 15 in Hydra. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Under the Ptolemies the population of the country was estimated at twenty millions. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z The system of earth and heaven seemed as if finished, and the authority of Ptolemy and his Almagest were as Holy Writ for the unfortunate centuries that followed him. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z I was assured that young Alexander had come to this temple not long before to indulge in a holy contemplation, and learn by inspiration the means of curing his friend Ptolemy: his supplications were heeded. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z By the assistance of Ptolemy X. Lathyrus, king of Egypt, he recovered part of his Syrian dominions from Antiochus X. Eusebes, and held his court at Damascus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Callimachus lived at Alexandria in the reigns of Ptolemy Philadelphus and Ptolemy Euergetes, and was chief librarian of the famous library of Alexandria from about B.C. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z However, Eudoxus was a man of great determination, and on the death of Ptolemy VII. in the reign of his successor, he set out on another expedition to India. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z Book five describes the construction and use of the astrolabe, a combination of graduated circles with which Ptolemy made most of his observations. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Palestine seized by Ptolemy i.; many Jews settled by him in Egypt. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z He escaped to Egypt, where he was protected by Ptolemy Lagus, to whom he is said to have suggested the foundation of the Alexandrian library. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z But on the next day the hair had disappeared—stolen from the temple—and Conon the mathematician showed Ptolemy seven stars near the constellation of the Lion which did not belong to any constellation. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z It is said that Ptolemy Soter and his son Ptolemy Philadelphus obtained a translation of the Jewish Bible. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Ptolemy's fundamental doctrines were that the heavens are spherical in form, all the heavenly motions being in circles. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Librarian of the Alexandrine Museum under Ptolemy iv. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z After an unsuccessful expedition against Babylon, and several campaigns against Ptolemy on the coasts of Cilicia and Cyprus, Demetrius sailed with a fleet of 250 ships to Athens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z For a long time many of the stars in Ptolemy’s catalogue could not be identified in the sky. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z The name only occurs, in native documents, in the Babylonian Canon of kings—to all appearance that from which the Canon of Ptolemy was copied. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Leonardo da Vinci—all failed to see the truth of this law which Newton developed in the immortal Principia. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z It records the endowments and privileges which were granted to the priests of Elephantinê by the earlier Ptolemies, and one line of it refers to the places “wherein is the fountain of the Nile.” The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z In a letter to Ptolemy Euergetes he narrates the history of the problem. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z For, in addition to the longitudes and latitudes quoted from Ptolemy, he has described by alignment the positions of the stars referred to. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Seven hundred years later Necho carried it as far as the Bitter Lakes; it was finished by King Darius and the Ptolemies, who completed what the Pharaohs were unable to carry out. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z Ptolemy was an observer of the heavens, though not of the highest order; but he had all the work of his predecessors, best of all Hipparchus, to build upon. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z It is dated in the eighteenth year of a king, who was probably one of the Ethiopian princes that reigned over southern Egypt in the troublous age of the fourth and fifth Ptolemies. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Under the Ptolemies, the inland cities declined in comparison with the maritime ones, and the Cyrenaica began to feel the commercial competition of Egypt and Carthage, whence easier roads lead into the continent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z But according to the authors of al-mumtahan and those who have observed subsequently to Ptolemy, it is a degree in 66 years. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Yet, in any case, the Ptolemies by their state taxes withdrew from the temples a portion of their incomes. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z The earliest really sturdy manifestation of astronomical life came with the birth of Greek science, culminating with Aristarchus, Hipparchus and Ptolemy. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Ptolemy did his utmost to conciliate the priesthood; their temples were restored and decorated, their festivals were treated with honour; above all, their endowments were untouched. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z These serve to fix the chronology, which is here as everywhere quite in accordance with the dates of the canon of Ptolemy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z This perhaps accounts for the nebulous appearance of the star as seen by Ptolemy. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Later coins give forty-six provinces, and Ptolemy forty-seven. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z Of course he took the fullest advantage of all that Ptolemy and Copernicus had done before him, and he had in addition the splendid observations of Tycho Brahe as a basis to work upon. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z And with the priesthood disposed to be friendly towards him, Ptolemy had no reason to be afraid. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Cyprus, coveted still for its copper and timber, passed, after several rapid changes, to Ptolemy I., king of Egypt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z This name occurs on the monuments of the Ptolemies, and also on those of the Pharaohs. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z After Darius had extended this second gallery, the bodies of the bulls were buried in the chambers of it down to the times of the latest Ptolemies. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z Abul Wefa was the last of the Bagdad astronomers in the latter half of the tenth century, and his great treatise on astronomy known as the Almagest is sometimes confused with Ptolemy's work. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Besides conciliating the priesthood, Ptolemy planted garrisons of Greeks in several parts of the country. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z And this number was afterward vastly increased by Alexander's successor, Ptolemy Sotor, who carried off and settled in that credal city one hundred thousand more Jews. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z In the time of Ptolemy and Hipparchus, they were still further north, and about 5000 years ago they were visible in the latitude of London. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z The word "Ptolemy" appeared eleven times in the Greek inscription, and there was a word which, from its length and position, seemed to correspond to it, which, however, appeared fourteen times in the hieroglyphic inscription. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z Even Aristotle and Ptolemy were not entirely in harmony, yet each was held inviolate. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z On his return, Ptolemy laid his offerings on the altar at Jerusalem, and thanked the God of the Jews for his success. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Through the invitation of the Ptolemies, large numbers of Jews settled in the new capital of Egypt, who carried with them the laws and institutions of Moses. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z He says that “Ptolemy does not mention it, and it is a star which seems to test the powers of the eyesight.” Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z This shocking tale might have arisen out of the historical fact, that the seventh Ptolemy caused all the young men of Alexandria to be murdered. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z In this respect also his system possessed a vast advantage over that of Ptolemy, and the planetary distances which Copernicus computed are very close approximations to the measures of the present day. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z From this time forward, Ptolemy, though nominally a subject, acted as if he were a king. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Another well-preserved painting to be found in the temple at Edfou reveals the innate modesty of the Ptolemies. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Its stars seem to be referred to by Al-Sufi as having been seen by Ptolemy, but he does not specify their exact positions. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z It is a fact established by the canon of Ptolemy as well as by Herodotus that Cambyses did not sit on the throne for eight whole years. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z It occurred to me, as the pyramids were hollow to the base, that they had been storehouses for grain, and were not built as tombs for the Rameses and Ptolemies. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z His son and successor, Ptolemy iv., was the incarnation of weakness, cruelty and vice. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Mr. Peasley told a tourist the other day that the song "He's a jolly good fellah" originated in Egypt during the time of the Ptolemies. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Hipparchus’ Catalogue was revised by Ptolemy in his famous work the Almagest. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Historically, we have before us a process of this sort in the astronomy of Ptolemy and that of Copernicus. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z Nor were the Seleucids more desirous than Alexander to effect the destruction of the Iranian nationality; just as the Ptolemies never attempted to set aside the Egyptian religion and life. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z Rome now affected to regard the kingdom of the Ptolemies as a protected state, and the successors of Alexander were in no condition to resist the orders of the haughty republic. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z He said that about five years ago there had been a light shower, and during one of the Ptolemy administrations there had been a regular old drencher. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z In a few cases I have found that Al-Sufi himself, although accurately describing the position of the stars observed by him, has apparently misidentified the star observed by Hipparchus and Ptolemy. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z He learned among other things something about the collection of tin in Bolerium, a name afterwards appropriated by Ptolemy to the Land's End. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z Darius reigned 36 years according to Herodotus and the canon of Ptolemy. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z Throughout his rule, Ptolemy never forgot the needs and interests of the kingdom over which he ruled. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z The Ptolemy family occupied the throne about two thousand years ago. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Ali-Sufi says that close to α, “as if it were attached to it,” is a small star of the 6th magnitude, not mentioned by Ptolemy. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z On the one hand there are Ptolemy and Aristobulus, who, except in a single instance, are free from all suspicion of deliberate invention. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z She was a native of Syria, a descendant of Ptolemy; married Odenatus, a Saracen, and after his death succeeded to the throne, about the year of our Lord 267. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z Ptolemy had founded in it a university, a prototype of Oxford and Cambridge in modern England, of the Azhar in modern Cairo. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z For instance, a Rameses or Ptolemy cannot be touched for less than $1000. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z These three stars are followed by a star of the 5th magnitude which Ptolemy has not mentioned. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z The dissection of the human body, with a consequent increase in knowledge of anatomy, became usual at Alexandria in the medical school which flourished under the Ptolemies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z In the monasteries of Syria and Mesopotamia the Translations from the Greek. writings of Aristotle, Galen, Ptolemy, and other ancient masters were rendered with slavish fidelity, and these Syriac versions were afterwards retranslated into Arabic. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z What the Assyrian had failed to destroy and the Persian had spared was overthrown by a Ptolemy who called himself a king of Egypt. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Jordanes also points out, with an air of superiority, that while the geographer Ptolemy did not know more than seven nations living on the island Scandza, he is able to enumerate many more. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z The classical constellations of Hipparchus and Ptolemy number forty-eight, and this is the number described by Al-Sufi in his “Description of the Fixed Stars” written in the tenth century A.D. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z |
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