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Cleomedes (Gr****: Κλεομήδης) was a Gr****
astronomer who is
known chiefly for his book On the
Circular Motions of the
Celestial Bodies (Κυκλικὴ θεωρία...
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Cleomedes to po****rise the discovery.
Cleomedes invites his
reader to
consider two
Egyptian cities,
Alexandria and
Syene (modern Aswan):
Cleomedes ****umes...
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Cleomedes is a
prominent lunar impact crater located in the
northeast part of the
visible Moon, to the
north of Mare Crisium. It was
named by the IAU...
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through it (the Earth)
extending through the
middle of the sky"
Cleomedes (2004).
Cleomedes'
Lectures on Astronomy: A
Translation of The Heavens. Translated...
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armillary sphere. In On the
Circular Motions of the
Celestial Bodies,
Cleomedes credited him with
having calculated the Earth's cir****ference
around 240...
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Apollonius Aratus Aristarchus Aristyllus Attalus Autolycus Bion
Callippus Cleomedes Cleostratus Conon Eratosthenes Euctemon Eudoxus Geminus Heraclides Hicetas...
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reading of Gr**** and
Latin authors (Pythagoras,
Aristarchos of Samos,
Cleomedes, Cicero,
Pliny the Elder, Plutarch, Philolaus, Heraclides, Ecphantos,...
- BCE) 7′ 490 0.021 −97.9%
Posidonius (1st
century BCE) (quoted by
coeval Cleomedes) 21″ 10000 0.426 −57.4%
Ptolemy (2nd century) 2′ 50″ 1210 0.052 −94.8%...
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perceived distance explanation, he was not the
first author to
offer it.
Cleomedes (c. 2nd century) gave this
account (in
addition to refraction), and he...
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Trojan War and
Theban War, Menelaus, and the
historical prizefighter Cleomedes of Astupalaea, were also
believed to have been made
physically immortal...
