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Almagest

astronomical treatise by Claudius Ptolemy
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Almagest
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Summary

Almagest is a literary work[1].

Key Facts

  • Author: Ptolemy[2]
  • Genre: treatise[3]
  • Language of work or name: Ancient Greek[4]
  • Inception: 148[5]
  • Translator: Nicholas Halma[6]
  • Has edition or translation: Almagesto[7]
  • Main subject: astronomy[8]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Otto's encyclopedia[14], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[16], Pauly–Wissowa[17]
  • Title: Μαθηματικἠ Σύνταξις[18]
  • After a work by: Hipparchus[19]
  • Derivative work: Epitome of Astronomy[20]
  • Copyright status: public domain[21]
  • P14541: 3ry0t0[22]

Related Entities

astronomy Hipparchus literary work Ptolemy public domain

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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