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PERSON

Autolycus (Awṭūlūqus) of Pitane

Name (arabic)

Αὐτόλυκος ὁ Πιταναῖος (أوطولوقس)
Name (translit)

Autolycus (Awṭūlūqus) of Pitane
Alias

Uṭūlūqus
Flourished

ismi_id

495255

Authored Works

2 works:

Astronomy: Practical

[Autolycus: On risings and settings] , Περὶ ἐπιτολῶν καὶ δύσεων

Spherics

[Autolycus: On the moving sphere] , Περὶ κινουμένης σφαίρας

References

Bowen, Alan. 2013. “Autolycus of Pitane”. In The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, eds. Roger S. Bagnall, Kai Brodersen, Craige Brian Champion, Andrew Erskine, and Sabine R. Huebner, 2:980-81. Malden, MA: Wiley- Blackwell.
Sezgin, Fuat. 1978. Geschichte Des Arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), Vol. 6, Astronomie Bis Ca. 430 H. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

Pp. 73-4.

Sezgin, Fuat. 1974. Geschichte Des Arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), Vol. 5, Mathematik Bis Ca. 430 H. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

Pp. 81-2.

Huxley, G. L. 1970. “Autolycus of Pitane”. In Dictionary of Scientific Biography, ed. Charles Coulston Gillispie, 1:338-39. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.