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Alexandrian Poetry under the First Three Ptolemies 324-222 BC by A. Couat, E. Cahen, 1991-11-01

The Crime of Claudius Ptolemy by Professor Robert R. Newton, 1977-09-01

Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos by Claudius Ptolemy, 2010-06-16

Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra: History and Society Under the Ptolemies by Michel Chauveau, 2000-03-16

Catalogue Of Greek Coins - The Ptolemies, Kings Of Egypt by Reginald Stuart Poole, 2010-03-31

The Geography by Claudius Ptolemy, 1991-11-19

Ptolemy's Universe: The Natural Philosophical and Ethical Foundations of Ptolemy's Astronomy by Liba Chaia Taub, 1993-02-01

Ptolemy's Theory of Visual Perception: An English Translation of the Optics With Introduction and Commentary (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society) by Ptolemy, A. Mark Smith, 1996-05

Ptolemy's Gate (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 3) by Jonathan Stroud, 2006-01

Portraits of the Ptolemies: Greek Kings as Egyptian Pharaohs by Paul Edmund Stanwick, 2002-03-01

Paradise Fever: Growing Up in the Shadow of the New Age by Ptolemy Tompkins, 1998-11

Geometrical and Statistical Methods of Analysis of Star Configurations Dating Ptolemy's Almagest by Anatoly T. Fomenko, Vladimir V. Kalashnikov, et all 1993-08-16

Ptolemy II Philadelphus and His World (History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity)

The Origins of Ptolemy's Astronomical Parameters (Technical Publication / Center for Archaeoastronomy) by Robert R. Newton, 1982-12

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Ptolemy, The Man
ptolemy (aka Claudius Ptolemaeus, Ptolomaeus, Klaudios Ptolemaios, Ptolemeus) lived in Alexandria (in Egypt) from approx.
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/psc/theman.html

Extractions: Ptolemy (aka Claudius Ptolemaeus, Ptolomaeus, Klaudios Ptolemaios, Ptolemeus) lived in Alexandria (in Egypt) from approx. 87 -150 AD. Very little is known about his personal life (the image above is probably purely the artist's imagination) He was an astronomer, mathematician and geographer. He codified the Greek geocentric view of the universe, and rationalized the apparent motions of the planets as they were known in his time. Ptolemy synthesized and extended Hipparchus's system of epicycles and eccentric circles to explain his geocentric theory of the solar system. Ptolemy's system involved at least 80 epicycles to explain the motions of the Sun, the Moon, and the five planets known in his time. He believed the planets and sun to orbit the Earth in the order Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn . This system became known as the Ptolemaic system. It predicts the positions of the planets accurately enough for naked-eye observations This is described in the book Mathematical Syntaxis (widely called the Almagest ), a thirteen book mathematical treatment of the phenomena of astronomy. It contains a myriad of information ranging from earth conceptions to sun, moon, and star movement as well as eclipses and a breakdown on the length of months. The Almagest also included a star catalog containing 48 constellations, using the names we still use today.
Ptolemy's Supper Club
ptolemy's Supper Club. I know that I am mortal amateur astronomer;Lunar Ray Predictions. ptolemy in the Sky. ptolemy's Cluster (aka M
http://www.seds.org/billa/psc/psc.html

Extractions: Ptolemy's Supper Club "I know that I am mortal and the creature of a day; but when I search out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch the earth, but, side by side with Zeus himself, I take my fill of ambrosia, the food of the gods." Claudius Ptolemaeus Observing Reports (lots of good stuff here!) Basic Ephemerides etc Bay Area Weather (by Mark Taylor Star party etiquette Bay Area Observing Sites , rated by several factors (by Akkana Peck) Directions to SJAA and TAC observing sites; latitude/longitude of these sites Lunar Info for the amateur astronomer Lunar Ray Predictions Other interesting astronomical quotations A bit of telescope history , by Paul Rybski A Model Solar System by Ronald Shattuck Reflections on a Mote of Dust , in memory of Carl Sagan Eugene M. Shoemaker: A Timeless Tribute
Ptolemy II
Set of Java packages supporting heterogeneous, concurrent modeling and design. Open Source, BDL
http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptolemyII/index.htm
*** The House Of Ptolemy: Ptolemaic And Roman Egyptian Numismatics ***
The House of ptolemy portal site concentrates on the Ptolemies and their world, from33130 BCE. The House of ptolemy Ptolemaic and Roman Egyptian Numismatics.
http://www.houseofptolemy.org/housenum.htm

Extractions: - Coins of Ancient Egypt in the WildWinds DataBank A "wrapper" Egypt page with links to the various Ptolemies' individual pages so you can add just this one link if you prefer that to the several links by ruler (see individual ruler entries for direct access by ruler). The WildWinds website has been created as a reference, attribution and valuation resource in the field of ancient numismatics. The data presented were, for the most part, gleaned from closed online auctions, so one can see for each coin the original auction description, the auction's closing date and time, and the closing price. Since these sources for the information vary from the very experienced dealer to the beginner selling something for the first time, there is no guarantee that any given attribution or description presented here is entirely accurate. Furthermore, the closing prices for all auctions vary greatly, so any valuation you determine here should not be taken as a definitive answer All of the pictures and descriptions here remain the property of the original sellers. You must obtain permission to re-use them in any form.
Harmonia Macrocosmica Seu Atlas Universalis Et Novus
Atlas of the heavens as seen by the astronomers of the time of its 1661 printing Copernicus, ptolemy, Brahe, and Aratus. Entire book has been digitized and the images may be browsed or searched.
http://www.lib.utah.edu/digital/cellarius.html

Extractions: Scanning Techniques Harmonia Macrocosmica, by Andreas Cellarius, is part of the Marriott Library's Rare Book Collection. Printed in 1661, it is an atlas of the heavens as seen by the astronomers of the times: Copernicus, Ptolemy, Brahe, and Aratus. There are 30 double-folio hand-painted color plates, plus approximately 200 pages of accompanying text in Latin. The entire book has been digitized and the images may be browsed or searched by clicking on the links to the right. Browse the 30 Color Plates Browse the Text Pages Search Dislcaimer
Ptolemy's Geography
ptolemy's Geography. ptolemy, who gave Greek astronomy its final form in thesecond century AD, did the sameand morefor geography and cartography.
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Experimental/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/d-mathemat

Extractions: Ptolemy, who gave Greek astronomy its final form in the second century A.D., did the sameand morefor geography and cartography. His massive work on the subject, which summed up and criticized the work of earlier writers, offered instruction in laying out maps by three different methods of projection, provided coordinates for some eight thousand places, and treated such basic concepts as geographical latitude and longitude. In Byzantium, in the thirteenth century, Ptolemic maps were reconstructed and attached to Greek manuscripts of the text. And in the fifteenth century, a Latin translation of this text, with maps, proved a sensation in the world of the book. A best seller both in the age of luxurious manuscripts and in that of print, Ptolemy's "Geography" became immensely influential. Columbus one of its many readersfound inspiration in Ptolemy's exaggerated value for the size of Asia for his own fateful journey to the west. Ptolemy, Handy Tables In Greek, Ninth century
Ptolemy
http://ptolemy.berkeley.edu/
*** The House Of Ptolemy: Now At Http://www.houseofptolemy.org/ ***
The House of ptolemy web site concentrates on the Ptolemies and their world, from331 30 BCE. The House of ptolemy Now at http//www.houseofptolemy.org.
http://pw1.netcom.com/~aphilipp/
LacusCurtius Ptolemy's Geography
Home page for my Web edition of the Geography of Claudius ptolemy.Maps redrawn from his data. ptolemy the Geography. The Author
http://www.ku.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/.T

Extractions: Home Summary bibliography on Ptolemy: mathematician, astronomer, geographer (David Joyce) Claudius Ptolemy was an astronomer and mathematician of the 2c AD , whose exact dates we do not know, but who must apparently have worked in Alexandria between A.D. 127 and 148 since some of his astronomical observations are consistent with those dates. No, you shouldn't believe any of that last paragraph, but I couldn't resist. It is sad that, as with so many figures of Antiquity, we know next to nothing about the man himself. Try this offsite link for a good summary of his work, though; and this one for a good page focusing mostly on his astrological work, even if the page refers to him as "dabbling" in geography... This is another useful text that didn't seem to be on the Web when I started getting interested in it. Details will follow, but for now the bare essentials: this is, as occasionally modified by me, a transcript of a Dover edition, first published in 1991, itself an unabridged republication of a public domain work, originally published in 1932 by The New York Public Library, N.Y. in an edition limited to 250 copies, with the title Geography of Claudius Ptolemy Apparently I'm not alone in my disappointment. Aubrey Diller, in "Review of 'Geography of Claudius Ptolemy', translated into English and edited by Edward Luther Stevenson (1932)," ISIS 22 (1934):533-39, analyzes the entire mess point by point, and states on p538: "The translation is a complete failure." (A big thank you to Gregory McIntosh, a historian of cartography, for this information.)
ThinkQuest Library Of Entries
Using tools of yesterday, and tools specially created for this site, ptolemy Ptools will give you geometry projects to do with your 3D computer games as well as projects to take outside and explore the world.
http://library.thinkquest.org/19029/

Extractions: The web site you have requested, Ptolemy's Ptools , is one of over 4000 student created entries in our Library. Before using our Library, please be sure that you have read and agreed to our To learn more about ThinkQuest. You can browse other ThinkQuest Library Entries To proceed to Ptolemy's Ptools click here Back to the Previous Page The Site you have Requested ... click here to view this site Click image for the Site Languages : Site Desciption Ever wonder how high a cloud is? You can calculate altitude right from your own backyard and this site will tell you how. It will also show you how to have fun while completing math projects. Learn more about Claudius Ptolemy, a famous Greek mathematician. Check out quadrants and the properties of triangles. Do math projects which measure trees, buildings, cloud altitude, wind speed, and the altitude of a model rocket flight.
LacusCurtius Ptolemy's Geography Book II, Chapter 1
Hibernia or Ireland the chapter from the Geography of ptolemy,in English translation, with a map drawn to his coordinates.
http://www.ku.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/.T

Extractions: A description of the north coast, beyond which is located the Hyperborean ocean: Boreum promontory Vennicnium promontory mouth of the Vidua river mouth of the Argita river Rhobogdium promontory The Vennicni inhabit the west coast; next to them and toward the east are the Rhobogdi A description of the west side, which borders on the Western ocean from the Boreum promontory which is in mouth of the Ravius river Magnata city mouth of the Libnius river mouth of the Ausoba river mouth of the Senus river mouth of the Duris river mouth of the Iernus river Southern promontory a The Erdini inhabit the coast next to the Vennicni, and between these are the Magnatae; then the Autini; and the Gangani; below whom are the Vellabori. Description of the south coast, which adjoins the Vergionius ocean
Project Akaroa
Akaroa is a package for supporting the Multiple Replications In Parallel (MRIP) simulation technique to harness the computing power of a network of inexpensive workstations. Integration exists with the ptolemy Classic, ns2 and OMNeT++ simulators.
http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/research/RG/net_sim/simulation_group/akaroa/
ThinkQuest Library Of Entries
The purpose of ptolemy's Ptools is to help other students have fun learning, by givingthem easy to understand math projects to do either by themselves or with
http://library.advanced.org/19029/

Extractions: The web site you have requested, Ptolemy's Ptools , is one of over 4000 student created entries in our Library. Before using our Library, please be sure that you have read and agreed to our To learn more about ThinkQuest. You can browse other ThinkQuest Library Entries To proceed to Ptolemy's Ptools click here Back to the Previous Page The Site you have Requested ... click here to view this site Click image for the Site Languages : Site Desciption Ever wonder how high a cloud is? You can calculate altitude right from your own backyard and this site will tell you how. It will also show you how to have fun while completing math projects. Learn more about Claudius Ptolemy, a famous Greek mathematician. Check out quadrants and the properties of triangles. Do math projects which measure trees, buildings, cloud altitude, wind speed, and the altitude of a model rocket flight.
ThinkQuest Library Of Entries
Who was ptolemy? Claudius (Ptolemaues) ptolemy. Claudius him. to visitlinks about ptolemy, click here. Back to the text home page.
http://library.advanced.org/19029/txhistory200.htm

Extractions: The web site you have requested, Ptolemy's Ptools , is one of over 4000 student created entries in our Library. Before using our Library, please be sure that you have read and agreed to our To learn more about ThinkQuest. You can browse other ThinkQuest Library Entries To proceed to Ptolemy's Ptools click here Back to the Previous Page The Site you have Requested ... click here to view this site Click image for the Site Languages : Site Desciption Ever wonder how high a cloud is? You can calculate altitude right from your own backyard and this site will tell you how. It will also show you how to have fun while completing math projects. Learn more about Claudius Ptolemy, a famous Greek mathematician. Check out quadrants and the properties of triangles. Do math projects which measure trees, buildings, cloud altitude, wind speed, and the altitude of a model rocket flight.
Asoka
Buddhist king who tried to spread Buddhism to the kingdoms of Antiochus II, King of Syria, ptolemy of Egypt, Antigonos of Macedonia, Alexander of Epirus (Northern Greece) and Magas in Cyrenia (North Africa).
http://www.buddhistcouncil.org/Asoka.htm

Extractions: Asoka, grandson of Chandragupta, was one of the first royal patrons of Buddhism. The first was, perhaps, Bimbisara, who lived at the time of the Buddha. Asoka's legend is recorded in a second century book called the "Asokavadana" which was translated into Chinese by Fa-ch'in in 300 A.D. He is also known from his edicts written on rocks and pillars throughout India. In his youth. Asoka was known as Canda Asoka, the fierce Asoka, due to his aggressive nature. As a prince, he was appointed governor of Vidisa (modern Bhilsa) where he married a rich merchant's daughter. On hearing of his father's impending death, he hurried to the Capital, Pataliputra, where, after occupying it, he killed all of the rival princes with the exception of his own brother. This brutality met with the opposition of the populace, delaying his coronation for four years. He ascended to the throne in 270 B.C. Eight years into his reign, he invaded Kalinga (modern Orissa) killing many thousands of people in battle whilst many thousands died from the effects of the war. This was the turning point of his life. He halted his military campaigns and, being a Buddhist, he focused his attention instead to religious conquests, known as Dharmavijaya. He appointed his officers to tour the country on religious missions. After twenty years of his reign, he visited the Buddha's birthplace at Lumbini in modern Nepal, where he erected a pillar recording his visit. He also visited Bodh Gaya, where the Buddha attained Enlightenment, as well as Sarnath, where the Buddha preached his first sermon. It was here that he erected a pillar threatening excommunication to any monk who caused a schism in the Sangha. He abandoned meat eating for himself and advocated moral values for his subjects. He also promoted tolerance towards all religions which he supported financially. The prevalent religions of that time were the sramanas or wandering ascetics, Brahmins, Ajivakas and Jains. He recommended that all religions desist from self praise and condemnation of others. His pronouncements were written on rocks at the periphery of his kingdom and on pillars along the main roads and where pilgims gathered. He also established many hospitals for both humans and animals At one stage, he conferred many gifts on the Buddhist Sangha which resulted in the attraction to its ranks of non-Buddhist hangers-on and disreputable people looking for an easier life. This resulted in a degeneration, and lack of purity in the Sangha. He decided to rectify this problem by convening a Sangha Council at Pataliputra to determine the true nature of Dharma practice and to banish those who would not adhere to it. Following this Council, he decided to extend his missions to other countries, which included the Ionian Greeks, Ghandar, Kashmir, the Himalayan Regions, Mysore. Ceylon. Burma, Malaya and Sumatra. He sent his son, Mahendra, and his daughter Sanghamitra to Ceylon and their visit is celebrated in Sri Lanka by public holidays to this day. His 13th Rock Edict records that he tried to spread Buddhism to the kingdoms of Antiochus II, King of Syria, Ptolemy of Egypt, Antigonos of Macedonia, Alexander of Epirus (Northern Greece) and Magas in Cyrenia (North Africa). What a difference modern history may have been had he succeeded. Under Asoka, nearly the whole of the Indian Continent was unified for the first time in history. Dharma meant for Asoka morality, active social concern, religious tolerance, ecological awareness, observance of ethical precepts and renunciation of war.
The Famine Stele On The Island Of Sehel
The legend, and translation of the text on, the Famine Stele located on Sehel, a small island in the Nile River near Aswan, attributed to ptolemy V.
http://www.terraflex.co.il/ad/egypt/famine_stele.htm

Extractions: Picture source During the reign of Djoser (3rd dynasty) a terrible drought lasted for seven years. I was in mourning on my throne, Those of the palace were in grief.because Hapy had failed to come in time. In a period of seven years, Grain was scant, Kernels were dried upEvery man robbed his twinChildren criedThe hearts of the old were needyTemples were shut, Shrines covered with dust, Everyone was in distress.I consulted one of the staff of the Ibis, the Chief lector-priest of Imhotep, son of Ptah South-of-the-Wall.He departed, he returned to me quickly, He let me know the flow of Hapy Translation by Lichtheim Imhotep, a high official and Renaissance man, revealed to the king that the Nile had its origins in a land consecrated to Khnum and gave an account of the building materials available at Elephantine. Khnum appeared to Djoser in a dream with the promise to end the drought and described how a temple should be built. Grateful, Djoser re-established the cult of Khnum at Elephantine. Partial translation of the stele text Imhoteps account of Elephantine, its gods and minerals
IMSS - Multimedia Catalogue - Biography Claudius PTOLEMY
Claudius ptolemy. Alexandria, 87 150 AD. An astronomer, mathematicianand geographer from Alexandria, ptolemy collected and synthesized
http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/museo/b/etolome.html

Extractions: Alexandria, 87 - 150 A.D. An astronomer, mathematician and geographer from Alexandria, Ptolemy collected and synthesized in the Almagest the results of previous astronomical investigations (Hipparchus etc.,) creating a geocentric system based on a series of circumferences (epicycles), of which the centre moves on another circumference eccentric with respect to the Earth. In the Ptolemeic system only the Sun and the Moon, here considered planets, have their epicycles centred directly on the Earth. Such a system was considered valid until the end of the Copernican Revolution (Sixteenth century). Also important is Ptolemy's other work of descriptive geography that made use of latitude and longitude for the identification of places on the face of the Earth. Next Previous Index Home Page Catalogue ... Italiano
LacusCurtius Latin Texts
The main index page for the Latin texts on LacusCurtius Pliny's Natural History, Frontinus, Vitruvius, ptolemy's Geography.
http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman/Texts/home.html

Extractions: NOTE: There is no complete translation of this text on the Web, either on LacusCurtius or anywhere else. A few individual Books, and some very few additional passages, have been translated into various languages on various webpages: when I know about them, links to them have been inserted in the Latin. complete Latin text, English translation Frontinus on the Water Supply of Rome: In the early 2c AD Sextus Julius Frontinus was called on to administer the city's water, and methodically set out to discover and put an end to endemic theft of the resource, and prevent it in the future. Having done so, he wrote a very accurate and engagingly sober book about it, which is a mine of information for modern archaeologists and historians. Of everything Roman I've ever read, this is my favorite work, and I'm pleased to be able to share it with you.
Ptplot
2D data plotter and histogram tool implemented in Java. Ptplot can be used as a standalone applet or application, or it can be embedded in your own applet or application. Open Source
http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/java/ptplot/
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http://homepage1.nifty.com/ptolemy/software/ptolemy.htm

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