Autolycus, of Pitane, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C. De ortibus et occasibus
Treatise in two books on the rising and setting of celestial bodies, relying greatly on the astronomer Eudoxus of Cnidus and his theory of homocentric spheres.
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- 831256377761
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- Autolycus, of Pitane, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C. De ortibus et occasibus
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Variants
- Peri epitolōn kai dyseōn
- Risings and settings
- Περὶ ἐπιτολῶν καὶ δύσεων
Work information
- Title
- De ortibus et occasibus
- Author
- Centuries
- 4th century BCE
- Original languages
- Genres
Associated names
- Associated names
- Auria, Giuseppe, active 16th century (Translator)
- Dasypodius, Konrad, 1531-1601 (Translator)
- Maurolico, Francesco, 1494-1575 (Translator)
- Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, -901 (Editor of translation)
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Versions
- Expression
- Autolycus, of Pitane, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C. De ortibus et occasibus. Arabic
- Language
- Arabic
- Title
- al-Ṭulūʻ wa-al-ghurūb
- Alternate titles
- الطلوع والغروب
- Expression
- Autolycus, of Pitane, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C. De ortibus et occasibus. Latin (Auria)
- Language
- Latin
- Title
- De ortu et occasu siderum
- Date created
- 1588
- Translator
- Expression
- Autolycus, of Pitane, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C. De ortibus et occasibus. Latin (Maurolico)
- Language
- Latin
- Title
- De ortu et occasu siderum, sive phaenomena
- Date created
- 1534
- Translator
- Expression
- Autolycus, of Pitane, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C. De ortibus et occasibus. Latin (Dasypodius)
- Language
- Latin
- Title
- De ortu et occasu siderum, sive Phaenomena
- Date created
- 1571
- Translator
General notes
- Description
- Autolycus, active ca. 310 BCE; Autolycus de Pitane; author of De ortu et occasu siderum, translated into Latin 1534 by Franciscus Maurolycus as De ortu et occasu siderum, sive phaenomena; translated into Latin in 1571 (published 1572) by Conradus Dasypodius as De ortu et occasu siderum, sive Phaenomena; translated into Latin in 1588 by Josephus Aurea
- Citations
- Kristeller, Paul Oskar (éd.), Catalogus translationum et commentariorum, 8 vols. (1960), 1: 167-169.
Preferred citation
"Autolycus, of Pitane, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C. De ortibus et occasibus." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified March 22, 2024. https://w3id.org/haf/work/831256377761
Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-07-21
- Last edited
- 2024-03-22