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Claudius Ptolemy ( / ˈtɒləmi /; Greek: Πτολεμαῖος, Ptolemaios; Latin: Claudius Ptolemaeus; c. 100 – c. 170 AD) [1] was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist [2] who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine, Islamic, and Western European science.
Ptolemy I Soter (/ ˈ t ɒ l əm i /; Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ, Ptolemaîos Sōtḗr "Ptolemy the Savior"; c. 367 BC – January 282 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general, historian, and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to found the Ptolemaic Kingdom centered on Egypt and led by his progeny from 305 BC – 30 BC.
May 21, 2024 · What is Ptolemy best known for? How did Ptolemy impact the world? What were Ptolemy’s achievements? Study how Ptolemy tried to use deferents and epicycles to explain retrograde motion. Ptolemy's theory of the solar system. See all videos for this article.
Sep 7, 2023 · Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100 to c. 170 CE) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, and geographer. His works survived antiquity and the Middle Ages intact, and his theories, particularly on a geocentric...
The Ptolemaic dynasty ( / ˌtɒlɪˈmeɪ.ɪk /; Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖοι, Ptolemaioi ), also known as the Lagid dynasty ( Λαγίδαι, Lagidai; after Ptolemy I 's father, Lagus ), was a Macedonian Greek [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] royal house which ruled the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period.
Feb 3, 2012 · Ptolemy I Soter (366-282 BCE) was one of the successor kings to the empire of Alexander the Great. He served not only as king of Egypt but also the founder of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, a dynasty which included the infamous Cleopatra VII.
Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer who lived in the Egyptian city of Alexandria while under the rule of the Roman Empire.
Ptolemy , Latin Claudius Ptolemaeus, (born c. ad 100—died c. ad 170), Greek astronomer and mathematician. He worked principally in Alexandria. It is often difficult to determine which findings in his great astronomical book, the Almagest, are Ptolemy’s and which are Hipparchus ’s.
Ptolemy was the only great astronomer of Roman Alexandria. Ptolemy was also a mathematician, geographer, and astrologer.
Ptolemy was the most influential of Greek astronomers and geographers of his time. He propounded the geocentric theory of the solar system that prevailed for 1400 years. View six larger pictures. Biography.
