The history of ancient Greek and Roman astronomy can traditionally be divided into three broad periods, Presocratic speculation, the homocentric spheres model of Eudoxus and the epicyclic model of Ptolemy. This in itself makes a decision on how to approach Greek and Roman astronomy, prioritizing the development of models of the heavens, Alternatively, one might focus on observation, practices or the practical application of astronomy. Here we concentrate on models but not to the exclusion of other approaches. We also challenge the idea that Presocratic astronomy was largely speculative. To treat astronomy on its own is also to some extent to impose a modern disciplinary boundary on ancient work which did not recognize a sharp boundary with cosmology, or in some cases with astrology.
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Christián Carlos Carman;
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The Planetary Increase of Brightness During Retrograde Motion: An Explanandum Constructed Ad Explanantem
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Alexander Jones;
(2016)
Interpolated Observations and Historical Observational Records in Ptolemy’s Astronomy
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Sébastien Moureau;
(2014)
Note on a Passage of the Arabic Translation of Ptolemy’s Planetary Hypotheses
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Gerd Graßhoff;
Florian Mittenhuber;
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Clemency Montelle;
(2016)
The Anaphoricus of Hypsicles of Alexandria
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Catherine Y. Hohenkerk;
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(2017)
The Almagest Greek and Roman Occultations Re-Visited
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Georgia L. Irby-Massie;
(2016)
A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Philippa Lang;
(2016)
Science: Antiquity and Its Legacy
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Andrew D. Gregory;
(2016)
The Creation and Destruction of the World
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De Groot, Jean;
(1997)
Eudoxian astronomy and Aristotelian holism in the Physics
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Hetherington, Norriss S.;
(1996)
Plato and Eudoxus: Instrumentalists, realists, or prisoners of themata?
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Yavetz, Ido;
(2001)
A New Role for the Hippopede of Eudoxus
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Francesca Schironi;
(2023)
Eudoxus’ simultaneous risings and settings
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Bowen, Alan C.;
Goldstein, Bernard R.;
(1991)
Hipparchus' treatment of early Greek astronomy: The case of Eudoxus and the length of daytime
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Heyd, Thomas;
(2014)
And Yet She Moves!---The Earth Rests on Water: Thales on the Role of Water in Earth's Mobility and in Nature's Transformations
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Schaefer, Bradley E.;
(2004)
The Latitude and Epoch for the Origin of the Astronomical Lore of Eudoxus
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Dekker, Elly;
(2008)
A “Watermark” of Eudoxan Astronomy
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Knorr, Wilbur R.;
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Plato and Eudoxus on the planetary motions
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C. C. W. Taylor;
(1999)
The Atomists: Leucippus and Democritus: Fragments
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Georgia L. Irby;
(2016)
Greek and Roman Cartography
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