Theodosius, active 1st century B.C. Sphaerica
- HMML ID
- 777992115495
- PURL
- LC access point
- Theodosius, active 1st century B.C. Sphaerica
- HMML native script
- Σφαιρικά
- VIAF
Variants
- De sphaericis
- Sphaerics
Work information
- Title
- Sphairika
- Author
- Original languages
- Genres
Associated names
- Associated names
- Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, approximately 820-approximately 912 (Translator)
- Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, -901 (Editor of translation)
Associated works
- Contained in
Versions
- Expression
- Theodosius, active 1st century B.C. Sphaerica. Ancient Greek
- Language
- Greek, Ancient
- Title
- Sphairika
- HMML native script
- Σφαιρικά
- Incipit
- Σφαῖρά ἐστι σχῆμα στερε ὸν ὑπὸ μιᾶς ἐπιφανείας περιεχόμενον
- Expression
- Theodosius, active 1st century B.C. Sphaerica. Arabic
- Language
- Arabic
- Title
- al-Ukar
- Alternate titles
- الأكر
- Translator
General notes
- Description
- three extant works of Theodosius of Bithynia (fl. 100 BC) are the Sphaerica, the De habitationibus and the De diebus et noctibus; about Greek spherical astronomy; considered part of a loose collection of works called the "little astronomy" as opposed to Ptolemy's Great Collection (Almagest)
- Citations
- Paul Kunitzsch and Richard Lorch, "Theodosius, De diebus et noctibus," 2011, https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/39128861.pdf.
- Citations
- 23888, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed July 20, 2021, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/530204.
Preferred citation
"Theodosius, active 1st century B.C. Sphaerica." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified September 04, 2024. https://w3id.org/haf/work/777992115495
Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-07-20
- Last edited
- 2024-09-04