Geminos of Rhodes
Geminos of Rhodes ( Latinized Geminus ) was an ancient Greek astronomer , stoic, and mathematician.
Geminos was a pupil of Poseidonios . He lived around 70 BC. In Rome , where he wrote the Eisagoge eis ta phainomena ("Introduction to the Phenomena"), a special achievement in the astronomical field for its time.
Geminos already assumed that the fixed stars are at different distances from us. The Antikythera mechanism from Geminos may have come from Rhodes' hands. He was the first to mention a terrestrial globe : He referred to Krates von Mallos , who had designed a globe.
There was also a work of at least six volumes on mathematical thinking. The work is only known from quotations. But there are also partial Arabic translations.
The lunar crater Geminus is named after him.
translation
- James Evans: Geminos's introduction to the phenomena. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2006, ISBN 0-691-12339-X
literature
- Robert B. Todd: Géminos. In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques . Volume 3, CNRS Éditions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-271-05748-5 , pp. 472-477
- Peter Steinmetz : Geminos from Rhodes. In: Hellmut Flashar (ed.): Outline of the history of philosophy . The philosophy of antiquity , Vol. 4/2: The Hellenistic philosophy. Schwabe, Basel 1994, ISBN 3-7965-0930-4 , p. 710
Web links
- Literature by and about Geminos from Rhodes in the catalog of the German National Library
- PDF file of Manitius 'edition of Geminus' Eisagoge eis ta phainomena ("Isagoge") (Greek text with German translation)
Remarks
- ↑ Vogel (1995), p. 82.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geminos of Rhodes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geminus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek astronomer and mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rhodes |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC Chr. |