File Aristarchus of Samothrace.JPG thumb Aristarchus of Samothrace, detail from Apotheosis of Homer 1827 by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres 1780 1867 Aristarchus of Samothrace polytonic , 220 BC 220? &ndash 143 BC 143 BC? was a Philologist grammarian noted as the most influential of all scholars of Homer ic poetry. He was the librarian of the Library of Alexandria library Alexandria of Alexandria and seems to have succeeded his teacher Aristophanes of Byzantium Aristophanes Byzantium of Byzantium in that role. He established the most historically important critical edition of the Homeric poems, and he is said to have applied his teacher s accent system to it, pointing the texts with a careful eye for metrical correctness. His rejection of doubtful lines ref Cic. ad Fam. iii.11.5, ix.10.1 in Pis. 30.73 ref made his severity proverbial ref Hor. A. P. 450 ref . It is likely that he, or more probably, another predecessor at Alexandria, Zenodotus , was responsible for the division of the Iliad and Odyssey into twenty four books each. According to the Suda , Aristarchus wrote 800 treatises polytonic on various topics these are all lost but for fragments preserved in the various scholia . Accounts of his death vary, though they agree that it was during the persecutions of Ptolemy VIII Physcon Ptolemy VIII Ptolemaic Egypt of Egypt . One account has him, having contracted an incurable Edema dropsy , starving himself to death while in exile on Cyprus . The historical ... of Alexandria s aft after ? s end DEFAULTSORT Aristarchus of Samothrace Category 220 BC births Category 143 BC deaths Category People from Samothrace Category Homeric scholarship Category Librarians ... el Samotrako fr Aristarque de Samothrace hr Aristarh sa Samotrake is Aristarkos fr Sam rake it Aristarco di Samotracia la Aristarchus Samothrax nl Aristarchus van Samothrace pl Arystarch z Samotraki ... Samothrace be bg br Aristarc hos Samotraki ca Aristarc de Samotr cia ... more details
Aristarchus may refer to People Aristarchus of Samos circa 310 230 BC , Greek astronomer and mathematician Aristarchus of Samothrace circa 220 143 BC , Greek grammarian Aristarchus of Tegea 5th century BC , Greek writer Aristarchus of Thessalonica 1st century CE , Eastern saint Other Aristarchus crater , on the moon 3999 Aristarchus , a main belt asteroid See also Aristarchos 2.3 m Telescope Project disambig hn de Aristarch el es Aristarco eo Aristarko fr Aristarque ko id Aristarkhus is Aristarkos it Aristarco hu Arisztarkhosz egy rtelm s t lap nl Aristarchus pt Aristarco ru sk Aristarchos sr sh Aristarh razvrstavanje sv Aristarchos uk ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Samothrace name local image map 2011 Dimos Samothrakis.svg image skyline Samothraki Kamariotissa 2007.JPG caption skyline Kamariotissa, the main port of Samothrace periph ... elevation max 1611 Samothrace also Samothraki lang el , IPA el samo raci is a Greece Greek ... . Resources on the island includes granite and basalt . Samothrace is one of the most rugged Greek islands ... left 160px The Winged Victory of Samothrace , one of the best known ancient Greek statues. Samothrace ... 1611 m ft 0 abbr on . It was, however, the home of the Samothrace temple complex Sanctuary of the Great ... Mysteries . The traditional account from antiquity is that Samothrace was first inhabited ... was colonised by Greeks from Samos , from which the name Samos of Thrace, that later became Samothrace ... century BC. File Waterfall and pond Samothrace.JPG thumb right 250 px Waterfall and pond in Samothrace. The Persian Empire Persians occupied Samothrace in 508 BC, it later passed under Athenian ... of Pydna Samothrace became independent, a condition that ended when Vespasian absorbed the island ..., on his second missionary journey outside of Palestine, sailed from Troas to Samothrace and spent ... thumb 250px Samothrace, with Mt. Fengari in the background. St. Theophanes died here in 818 ... thumb 250px One of the numerous ponds characteristic of the island. The island s most famous site is the Samothrace ... known as the Winged Victory of Samothrace , dating from about 190 BC. It was discovered in pieces ... in Paris . Communities Alonia Samothrace , Greece Alonia pop. 251 Ano Karyotes 15 Ano Meria 58 Dafnes Samothrace , Greece Dafnes 11 Kamariotissa 969 Kato Karyotes 37 Katsampas 12 Lakkoma Samothrace , Greece Lakkoma 329 Makrylies 9 Mpaxedes 0 Pahia Ammos Palaiopoli 25 Potamia Samothrace Potamia 3 Profitis Ilias Samothrace , Greece Profitis Ilias 214 Remboutsadika Samothrace Samothraki 677 Therma Samothrace , Greece Therma 74 Xiropotamos Samothrace , Greece Xiropotamos 39 Historical population ... more details
Infobox Province GR name Samothrace name greek prefecture Evros capital image map Samothrace Province was one of the five provinces of Evros Prefecture of Greece. Islands It included one island Samothrace . References reflist http el.wikipedia.org wiki Prefectures and provinces of Greece Coord missing Greece Category Provinces of Greece Greece geo stub ... more details
Infobox Book name Tros of Samothrace title orig translator image Image Tros of samothrace.jpg image caption Dust jacket from the first edition author Talbot Mundy illustrator cover artist country United States language English language English series Tros genre Fantasy novel publisher Appleton Century Crofts Appleton Century release date 1934 english release date media type Print Hardcover Hardback pages 949 pp isbn NA oclc 592466 preceded by followed by Queen Cleopatra Tros of Samothrace is a historical novel with fantasy elements by author Talbot Mundy . It was published in 1934 in literature 1934 by Appleton Century Crofts Appleton Century . The novel was constructed of novellas which first appeared in the magazine Adventure magazine Adventure in 1925 1926. Although the stories were popular with Adventure s readers, they also aroused fierce debate due to the fact that Mundy depicted Julius Caesar and Ancient Rome Roman civilization as imperialistic and tyrannical Adventure editor Arthur Sullivant Hoffman later stated that the Tros stories were the most controversial the magazine had ever published. ref Donald M. Grant , Talbot Mundy Messenger of Destiny . Donald M. Grant publishers, 1983. ISBN 9780937986462 p. 152 . ref The original sequence of novellas appeared as follows 1. Tros of Samothrace , 10 February 1925 2. The Enemy of Rome , 10 April 1925 3. Prisoners of War , 10 June ... of Samothrace was published in four paperback volumes in 1967 and 1971, the breaks between volumes coincided with Mundy s own breaks between episodes Tros contains Tros of Samothrace and The Enemy ... of Samothrace was reissued in three paperback volumes in 1976, the breaks between volumes came partway ... Caesar . Image Tros of samothrace gnome.jpg thumb dust jacket by Lionel Dillon from the Gnome Press ... 22 8 reflist DEFAULTSORT Tros Of Samothrace Category 1934 novels Category Fantasy novels Category Novels set in Roman Britain Category Samothrace fantasy novel stub 1930s novel stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 3999 Aristarchus is a small asteroid belt main belt asteroid . It measures 8.26 km in diameter . It was discovered by Takuo Kojima in 1989 . It is named after Aristarchus of Samos , the ancient Greece Greek astronomer and mathematician . MinorPlanets Navigator 3998 Tezuka 4000 Hipparchus MinorPlanets Footer DEFAULTSORT Aristarchus Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named for people Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1989 Beltasteroid stub eo 3999 Aristarko fa fr 3999 Aristarque it 3999 Aristarchus hu 3999 Aristarchus ja no 3999 Aristarchus nn 3999 Aristarchus pl 3999 Aristarchus pt 3999 Aristarchus sk 3999 Aristarchus sr 3999 uk 3999 vi 3999 Aristarchus yo 3999 Aristarchus ... more details
The Rimea Aristarchus is a system of narrow sinuous rille s to the north of the Aristarchus crater . They extend for a distance of 121 km. crater stub moon stub Category Geological features on the Moon pl Rimae Aristarchus ... more details
good article lunar crater data image Image Aristarchus and Herodotus craters Apollo 15.jpg 200px caption Aristarchus center and Herodotus right from Apollo 15 . NASA photo . latitude 23.7 N or S N longitude 47.4 E or W W diameter 40 km depth 3.7 km colong 48 eponym Aristarchus of Samos Aristarchus br of Samos Aristarchus is a prominent lunar impact crater that lies in the northwest part of the Moon ... edge of the Aristarchus plateau, an elevated area that contains a number of volcanic features, such as sinuous ... , as well as recent emissions of radon gas as measured by the Lunar Prospector spacecraft. Aristarchus was originally named after the Greek astronomer Aristarchus of Samos by the Italy Italian map ... adsabs.harvard.edu abs 1935QB595.B6....... ref Selenography Image Location of lunar aristarchus crater.jpg right thumb 150px Location of the Aristarchus crater on the Moon . Aristarchus is located on an elevated rocky rise, known as the Aristarchus plateau, in the midst of the Oceanus Procellarum , a large ... clementine cite web url http www.lpi.usra.edu resources clemen cmaris.html title Aristarchus Region Multispectral Mosaic of the Aristarchus Crater and Plateau publisher Lunar and Planetary Institute accessdate 2006 08 08 ref Aristarchus is just to the east of the crater Herodotus crater Herodotus and the Vallis Schr teri , and south of a system of narrow sinuous rille s named Rimae Aristarchus . The main ..., suggesting that Aristarchus was most likely formed by an oblique impact from the northeast, and their composition includes material from both the Aristarchus plateau and the lunar mare . ref name clementine ... tlp cite web last Darling first David O. url http www.ltpresearch.org aristarchus1.htm title Aristarchus ..., 2006 ref This colorful area is sometimes referred to as Wood s Spot , an alternate name for the Aristarchus Plateau. Image Aristarchus hst.jpg left thumb 200px Clementine image of Aristarchus and surroundings ... parts plagioclase and olivine . The Aristarchus region was part of a Hubble Space Telescope study ... more details
Aristarchus or Aristarch , a Greek Macedonia Roman province Macedonian of Thessaloniki Thessalonica bibleverse Acts 27 2 , was an Early Christianity early Christian mentioned in a few passages of the New Testament . He accompanied Paul of Tarsus Saint Paul on his third missionary journey. Along with Gaius, another Macedonian, Aristarchus was seized by the mob at Ephesus and taken into the theater bibleverse Acts 19 29 . Later, Aristarchus returned with Paul from Greece to Asia Roman province Asia bibleverse Acts 20 4 . At Caesarea Palaestina Caesarea , he embarked with Paul on a ship of Edremit District , Bal kesir Edremit Adramyttium bound for Myra in Lycia bibleverse Acts 27 2 whether he traveled with him from there to Rome is not recorded. Aristarchus is described as Paul s fellow prisoner and fellow laborer in bibleverse Colossians 4 10 and bibleverse Philemon 1 24 , respectively. In Eastern Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic tradition, Aristarchus is identified as one of the Seventy Disciples Seventy Apostles and bishop of Apamea Syria Apamea . He is commemorated as a saint and Christian martyrs martyr on January 4 Eastern Orthodox liturgics January 4 , April 14 Eastern Orthodox liturgics April 14 , and September 27 Eastern Orthodox liturgics September 27 . Aristarchus son of Aristarchus, a politarch of Thessalonica 39 38 BC? ref Greek inscription http epigraphy.packhum.org inscriptions oi?ikey 137212&bookid 14®ion 4&subregion 11 IG X,2 1 30 ref may be the same person with Aristarchus ref Church and Community Conflicts The Relationships of the Thessalonian ... dictionary.com definition aristarchus.aspx Smith s Bible Dictionary , Aristarchus New Testament people Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Aristarchus Of Thessalonica ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Aristarchus ... Christianity bio stub saint stub de Aristarchus von Thessalonice el ... more details
Aristarchus , or more correctly Aristarchos lang el , Ar starchos 310 BCE ca. 230 BCE , was a Greeks ... usually attributed to Aristarchus, Aristarchus On the Sizes and Distances On the Sizes and Distances ... Reckoner that Aristarchus had a value of degree, which is much closer to the actual average value of 32 ... by a certain Greek term in Aristarchus text. http www.dioi.org vols we0.pdf Though the original ... & Dimensio Circuli describes another work by Aristarchus in which he advanced the heliocentric model .... This is the common account as you have heard from astronomers. But Aristarchus has brought out a book ... 315 p.302 . ref The Sand Reckoner Aristarchus thus believed the stars to be very ... Face in the Orb of the Moon quote Cleanthes a contemporary of Aristarchus and head of the Stoics thought it was the duty of the Greeks to indict Aristarchus on the charge of impiety for putting in motion ... of antiquity who is known by name and who is known to have supported Aristarchus heliocentric model was Seleucus of Seleucia , a Hellenistic astronomer who lived a century after Aristarchus. ref Heath, Thomas L. The Copernicus of Antiquity Aristarchus of Samos 1920 p.41 ref Distance to the Sun lunar dichotomy Image Aristarchus working.jpg thumb right 260px Aristarchus s 3rd century BCE calculations ... Main Aristarchus On the Sizes and Distances Aristarchus claimed that at half moon lunar phase first ... 3 accuracy . Aristarchus is known to have also studied light and vision. ref Heath, 1913, pp. 299 ... geodesy datum , Aristarchus concluded that the Sun was between 18 and 20 times farther away than ... up to and including Tycho Brahe , ca. AD 1600. Aristarchus pointed out that the Moon and Sun have nearly ... of Aristarchus s Sun would be almost 300 times greater than the Earth. ref cite book author Kragh ... Mentioned by Archimedes and by modern scientists as the first to propose a heliocentric universe , Aristarchus ... s month was exactly that of Aristarchus, which would suggest that one party obtained it from ... more details
In trigonometry , Aristarchus inequality , named after the ancient astronomer Aristarchus of Samos , states that if &alpha and &beta are acute angle s i.e. between 0 and a right angle and &beta &alpha then math frac sin alpha sin beta frac alpha beta frac tan alpha tan beta . math The first of these inequalities was used by Ptolemy in constructing Ptolemy s table of chords his table of chords . ref name toomer Citation title Ptolemy s Almagest last1 Toomer first1 G. J. authorlink Gerald J. Toomer publisher Princeton University Press p. 54 year 1998 ISBN 0 691 00260 6 ref Notes and references Reflist External links http www.math.uconn.edu leibowitz math2720s11 Greek Trig.pdf Hellenistic Astronomers and the Origins of Trigonometry, by Professor Gerald M. Leibowitz geometry stub Category Trigonometry Category Inequalities ... more details
Aristarchus or Aristarch of Tegea was a contemporary of Sophocles and Euripides , who lived to be a centenarian, to compose seventy pieces and to win two tragic victories. Only the titles of three of his plays Achilles , Asclepius , and Tantalus with a single line of the text, have come down to us, though Ennius freely borrowed from his play about Achilles . Among his merits seems to have been that of brevity for, as Suidas relates, he was the first one to make his plays of the present length. References http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0301.html Ancient Library DEFAULTSORT Aristarchus of Tegea Category Ancient Arcadian poets Category Tragic poets Category 5th century BC Greek people Category Ancient Greek centenarians Category Ancient Greek dramatists and playwrights Category 5th century BC writers Category Year of birth unknown Category Year of death unknown Ancient Greece writer stub Euro theat stub el fr Aristarque de T g e is Aristarkos fr Tegeu hu Arisztarkhosz trag diak lt sr ... more details
Infobox Museum name Archaeological Museum of Samothrace image established 1939 location Samothrace , Greece type Archaeological visitors director curator website No official website yet The Archaeological Museum of Samothrace is located in Samothrace of the Evros Prefecture , in Greece . It has four rooms and an atrium, presenting the following Reconstructed architectural remains of the sanctuary Restored architectural features, sculptures and coins found in the sanctuary Sculpture, miniature objects and pottery from the sanctuary and ancient city Archaeological finds from cemeteries A collection of inscriptions in the Atrium . The museum was designed by Stuart Shaw architect Stuart Shaw , an architecture based at the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York , and built by the American School of Classical Studies , Athens in 1939 55. A north wing was added in 1960 61. See also List of museums in Greece External links http samothraki.net data place.htm samothraki.net http www.planetware.com samothrace palaiopolis gr thr palaip.htm www.planetware.com Greece museum stub coord 40 30 9.9 N 25 31 41.2 E display title region GR type landmark title Archaeological Museum of Samothrace Category Archaeological museums in Greece Samothrace Category Ancient Samothrace ... more details
The Battle of Samothrace was an inconclusive battle which took place on 20 September 1698 near Samothrace , Greece . It was between Republic of Venice Venice on one side, and Ottoman Empire Ottoman Turkey and its Tripolitania n and Tunisia n allies on the other. Venetian casualties were 299 killed and 622 wounded. Opposing forces Venice Rizzo d Oro Damaged Amazzone Guerriera Aquila Valiera c.70 San Lorenzo Giustinian c.70 16 other ships Ottomans 25 Ottoman ships 7 Tripolitanian and Tunisian vessels References Naval wars in the Levant 1559 1853 R. C. Anderson ISBN 1 57898 538 2 coord missing DEFAULTSORT Samothrace Category Conflicts in 1698 Category 1698 in Europe Category Battles of the Great Turkish War Category Naval battles of the Ottoman Venetian Wars Category Samothrace Italy hist stub Ottoman battle stub pl Bitwa morska pod Samotrak ... more details
Image Map greek sanctuaries en.svg thumb 250px Samothrace among the main Greek temples The Samothrace ... Theon , is one of the principal Pan Hellenic religious sanctuaries, located on the island of Samothrace within the larger Thrace . Built immediately to the west of the ramparts of the city of Samothrace ... Theoi on inscriptions found on the site. The Pantheon of Samothrace Image Plan Samothrace sanctuary ... on sacred rocks where sacrifices and offerings were made to her. In the sanctuary of Samothrace, these altars ... Zerynthia , two important nature goddesses, are equally venerated at Samothrace, their cult ... by the Hades god of the underworld also plays a part in the sacred dramas celebrated at Samothrace ... Gods Palaiopolis Samothrace island Thrace Greece.jpg thumb 300px align left A picturesque ... site plan number 11 . According to local myth, it is in this era that the city of Samothrace honoured ... Arsinoe rotunda 2.jpg thumb 250px Frieze with bulls from the Arsino rotunda Samothrace Museum site ... between degrees which was demanded at Eleusis, the second degree at Samothrace could be obtained immediately ... of the Arsino Rotunda and fragment of the dedication site plan number 15 The Samothrace site may ... blockquote And we are told that Philip, after being initiated into the mysteries of Samothrace at the same ... of Samothrace. This historical anecdote defines the Argead dynasty s allegiance to the sanctuary ... him to dominate the bulk of the Aegean up to the Thracian coast, and the construction at Samothrace ... of Samothrace Winged Victory were built cf. photograph and site plan number 9 . This could actually ... thumb 150px align left Victoire de Samothrace Victory of Samothrace , displayed in mus e ... mysteries References K. Lehman, Samothrace, A Guide to the Excavations and the Museum , Thessalonika ... http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.04.0006&layout &loc samothrace ... Wikipedia article fr Sanctuaire des Grands Dieux de Samothrace 7 May 2006 coord 40.5008 25.5301 ... more details
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primary sources date November 2008 Image Aristarchus working.jpg thumb right Aristarchus of Samos Aristarchus s 3rd century BC calculations on the relative sizes of, from left, the Sun, Earth and Moon, from a 10th century CE Greek copy On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon is widely accepted as the only extant work written by Aristarchus of Samos , an ancient Greek astronomer who flourished circa 280 240 BC. This work calculates the sizes of the Sun and Moon , as well as their distances from the Earth in terms of Earth s radius. However, since the time of http www.dioi.org cot.htm mmlt Voltaire , questions have existed as to whether the work ... of Aristarchus method and results. The reconstruction uses the following variables class wikitable bgcolor ... during a lunar eclipse align center x Ratio, S L s which is calculated from Half Moon Aristarchus ... . Aristarchus determined to be a thirtieth of a quadrant in modern terms, 3 less than a right angle ... analysis in the style of Euclid , Aristarchus determined that math 18 frac S L 20. math In other ..., until the invention of the telescope permitted a more precise estimate of solar parallax . Aristarchus ... larger. Lunar eclipse Aristarchus then used another construction based on a lunar eclipse Image AristarchusLunar ... of the Moon and Sun measured in degrees. It is unlikely that Aristarchus used these exact formulae ... are likely a good approximation to those of Aristarchus. Results The above formulae can be used to reconstruct the results of Aristarchus. The following table shows the results of a reconstruction ... that Aristarchus was the first to determine that the Sun and Moon had an apparent diameter of half ... 2007 http individual.utoronto.ca acephalous Berggren Sidoli 2007a.pdf Aristarchus s On the Sizes ... Exhibit see previous picture . Works cited T L Heath Heath, T. L. . Aristarchus of Samos . Oxford, 1913 ... Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley . Chicago Univ. of Chicago Pr., 1985. ISBN 0 226 84882 5. Greek ... more details
Chorizontes separators was the name given to the ancient Alexandria n critics who believed the Iliad and Odyssey were by different poets. The best known of them were the grammarians Xenon and Hellanicus, but they are nonetheless extremely obscure figures about whom nothing else is known. Aristarchus of Samothrace was one of their opponents. main Homeric scholarship References 1911 Category Literary criticism Category Iliad Category Odyssey ... more details
Demetrius of Scepsis was a Greek grammarian of the time of Aristarchus of SamothraceAristarchus and Crates of Mallus Crates Strabo Strab. xiii. p. 609 . He was a man of good family and an acute philologer Diogenes Laertius Diog. La rt. v. 84 . He was the author of a very extensive work which is very often referred to, and bore the title . It consisted of at least twenty six books Strab. xiii. p. 603 and passim Athenaeus Athen. iii. pp. 80, 91 Stephanus of Byzantium Steph. Byz. s.v. . This work was an historical and geographical commentary on that part of the second book of the Iliad in which the forces of the Trojans are enumerated compare Harpocration Harpocrat. s. vv. , Schol. ad Apollonius of Rhodes Apollon. Rhod. i. 1123, 1165 . He is sometimes simply called the Scepsian Strab. ix. pp. 438, 439, x. pp. 456, 472, 473, 489 , and sometimes simply Demetrius Strab. xii. pp. 551, 552, xiii. pp. 596, 600, 602 . The numerous other passages in which Demetrius of Scepsis is mentioned or quoted, are collected by Westermann on Gerhard Johann Vossius Vossius , De Hist. Graec. , p. 179, &c. SmithDGRBM Category Ancient Greek grammarians el es Demetrio de Escepsis ... more details
This is a list of ancient Greeks in Thrace and Hellenization Hellenized Thracians . Ancient Artists Brygos Attic Painter Potter possibly of Thracians Thracian origin ref Paul Kretschmer . Die Griechischen Vaseninschriften ihrer Sprache nach untersucht . ref Athenion of Maroneia Painter Boethus of Chalcedon Sculptor Athetes of Maroneia Pale Greek Wrestling Olympics 476 BC ref cite book last Miller first Stephen Gaylord title Arete Greek Sports from Ancient Sources publisher University of California Press url http books.google.com books?id Nv7qGcnEUaoC year 1991 isbn 0520075099 page 86 ref Grammarians Aristarchus of Samothrace Aristophanes of Byzantium Dionysius Thrax Historians Thucydides Hecataeus of Abdera Stephanus of Byzantium Hieronymus of Cardia Mathematicians Bion of Abdera Philo of Byzantium Epigenes of Byzantium Mythic Lovers Orpheus and Euridice Hero and Leander Philosophers Leucippus Protagoras Diogenes Apolloniates Thrasymachus Democritus Xenocrates Anaxarchus Hecataeus of Abdera Hipparchia of Maroneia Metrocles Antisthenes of Athens Physicians Herodicus Poets Nicaenetus of Samos Sotades of Maroneia Phaedimus of Bisanthe Rulers Politicians Miltiades the Elder Miltiades Cimon Themistocles Cleophon politician Thucydides Nymphodorus of Abdera Python of Aenus Heraclides of Aenus Eumenes Lysimachus Agathocles son of Lysimachus Hellenized Thracians Dolonci Abrotonum Hegesipyle of Olorus Olorus List of rulers of Bithynia Cities Aegean Sea Aegean Thrace In order from west to east Stryme Abdera, Thrace Abdera Ismara Ismaros Maroneia Samothrace Aenus Thrace Aenus Lysimachia Thrace Lysimachia Thracian Chersonese Abydos, Hellespont Alopeconnesus Aegospotami Gallipoli Callipolis Cardia Thrace Cardia Elaeus Sestus Propontis Bisanthe Perinthus Selymbria Bosporus Byzantium Chalcedon Pontus Euxinus In order from north to south Histria Sinoe Histria Tomi Callatis Dionysopolis or Krounoi Odessos or Odessopolis Naulochos Thrace Naulochos Mesembria Anchialos Pyrgos T ... more details
File Hesychius OP.jpg thumb 300px Beginning of letter pi letter , detail of Marc. Gr. 622. Hesychius of Alexandria , a grammar ian who flourished probably in the 5th century CE, compiled the richest lexicon of unusual and obscure Greek words that has survived in a single 15th century manuscript . The work, titled Alphabetical Collection of All Words , includes approximately 2640 entries, a copious list of peculiar words, forms and phrases, with an explanation of their meaning, and often with a reference to the author who used them or to the district of Greece where they were current. Hence, the book is of great value to the student of the Greek dialects, while in the restoration of the text of the classical authors generally, and particularly of such writers as Aeschylus and Theocritus , who used many unusual words, its value can hardly be exaggerated. Hesychius is important, not only for Greek philology, but also for studying lost languages and obscure dialects such as Thracian language Thracian and the ancient Macedonian language and in reconstructing Indo European languages Proto Indo European . Hesychius explanations of many epithets and phrases also reveal many important facts about the religion and social life of the ancients. In a prefatory letter Hesychius mentions that his lexicon is based on that of Diogenianus itself extracted from an earlier work by Pamphilus of Alexandria Pamphilus , but that he has also used similar works by the grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace Aristarchus Samothrace of Samothrace , Apion , Heliodorus , Amerias and others. Hesychius was probably not a Religious conversion convert to Christianity . Explanations of words from Gregory Nazianzus and other Christian writers glossae sacrae are later interpolations. The lexicon survives in one deeply corrupt 15th century manuscript, which is preserved in the library of San Marco at Venice, Marc. Gr. 622, 15th century . The best ... more details
Summary One of the geometric constructions that Aristarchus of Samos used to determine the distance to the Sun and Moon . Redrawn from an image in Heath, Aristarchus , a public domain work published in 1913 . Licensing PD US Orphan image ... more details
Summary Part of a construction used by Aristarchus of Samos to determine the sizes and distances of the Sun and Moon. Based on a diagram in Heath, Aristarchus Oxford 1913 , which has lapsed into the public domain. Licensing PD US Orphan image ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 Image obelos.png thumb Three basic variants of dotted obelos glyphs. Obelism is the practice of annotating manuscript s with marks set in the margins. Modern obelisms are used by editors when blue penciling a manuscript or typescript. Examples are stet which is Latin for Let it stand, used in this context to mean disregard the previous mark and dele for Delete . The obelos symbol gets its name from the spit, or sharp end of a lance in ancient Greek . An obelos was placed by editors on the margins of manuscripts, especially in Homer , to indicate lines that were doubtfully Homer s. The system was developed by Aristarchus of Samothrace Aristarchus and notably used later by Origen in his Hexapla . Origen marked spurious words between obelos and metobelos. There were many other such shorthand symbols, to indicate corrections, emendations, deletions, additions, and so on. Most used are the editorial Coronis textual symbol coronis , the paragraphos , the forked paragraphos, the reversed forked paragraphos, the hypodiastole , the downwards ancora , the upwards ancora , and the Diple textual symbol dotted right pointing angle , which is also known as the diple periestigmene. Loosely, all these symbols, and the act of annotation by means of them, are obelism . These nine ancient Greek textual annotation symbols are also included in the supplemental punctuation list of ISO Universal Character Set IEC standard 10646 for character sets. gallery Image Coronis.png The coronis textual symbol coronis marked subsections. Image Paragraphos.png The paragraphos was used for breaks. Image Hypodiastole.png The hypodiastole separated words before the use of spaces. Image Diple periestigmene.png The dotted diple textual symbol diple was also used for dubious lines. gallery Unicode encodes the following U 2058 & x2058 FOUR DOT PUNCTUATION U 2059 & x2059 FIVE DOT PUNCTUATION Greek pentonkion U 205A & x205A TWO DOT PUNCTUATION U 205B & x205B FOUR DOT MARK U 205C & ... more details
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