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TEXT

[Autolycus: On risings and settings]

Title (arabic)

Περὶ ἐπιτολῶν καὶ δύσεων (كتاب الطلوع والغروب لأوطولوقس)
Title (translit)

[Autolycus: On risings and settings]
Alias

De ortibus et occasibus libri duo
Kitāb al-ṭulūʿ wa-al-ġurūb
Περὶ ἐπιτολῶν καὶ δύσεων
كتاب الطلوع والغروب
Author

Autolycus (Awṭūlūqus) of Pitane
Language

Greek-classical
Subject

Astronomy: Practical
Text type

First-order prose composition (or compilation) [matn]
Translated in

Kitāb al-ṭulūʿ wa-al-ghurūb li-Awṭūlūqus
Notes

Autolycus describes the visibility of the stars on the horizon at their rising and setting.

https://archive.org/details/autolycidesphaer00autouoft
ismi_id

495257

Literature References

Hultsch, Friedrich Otto. 1885. Utolyci De Sphaera Quae Movetur Liber. De Ortibus Et Occasibus Libri Duo. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner.
Mogenet, Joseph. 1950. Autolycus De Pitane : Histoire Du Texte Suivie De L'édition Critique Des Traités De La Sphère En Mouvement Et Des Levers Et Couchers. Louvain : Bibliothèque de l'Université, Bureaux du recueil.