Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Almagest
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Ptolemaeus, Claudius. Almagestum
Ptolemy, 2nd cent. Almagest
Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Almagestum
Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Great collection
Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Majisti
Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Mathēmatikē syntaxis
Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Megalē syntaxis
Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Megas astronomos
Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Megistē syntaxis
Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Syntaxis of Ptolemy
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Ptolemaeus, Claudius. Almagestum
Ptolemy, 2nd cent. Almagest
Sources
found: His Ptolemy's Almagest, 1984, c1983:t.p. (Almagest)
found: Enc. brit.(Almagest)
found: LC data base, 10-19-83(hdg.: Ptolemaeus, Claudius. Almagestum; usage: Almagest, Almagestum)
found: Oxf. clas. dict.(originally called Mathēmatikē syntaxis, became known as Megalē syntaxis, Great Collection; the Arabs turned megistē into al-Majisti, whence Almagest)
found: Enc. amer.(Almagest. Megistē syntaxis)
found: Enc. Brit., 11th ed.(Ptolemy: Mathēmatikē syntaxis or Megalē syntaxis tēs astronomias (Syntaxis of Ptolemy), called Ho megas astronomos)
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1983-10-28: new
2013-03-18: revised
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