Ptolemy - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Claudius Ptolemy (Koinē Greek: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος, romanized: Klaúdios Ptolemaîos [kláwdios ptolɛmɛ́os]; Latin: Claudius Ptolemaeus; c. AD 100 – c. AD 170) was a Greek who probably lived and worked in Alexandria, Egypt.
Ptolemy | Accomplishments, Biography, & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月19日 · Ptolemy (born c. 100 ce —died c. 170 ce) was an Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of Greek descent who flourished in Alexandria during the 2nd century ce.
Ptolemy I Soter - Wikipedia
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 [2] general, historian, and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to found the Ptolemaic Kingdom centered on Egypt.
Ptolemy's world map - Wikipedia
The Ptolemy world map is a map of the world known to Greco-Roman societies in the 2nd century. It is based on the description contained in Ptolemy's book Geography, written c. 150. Based on an inscription in several of the earliest surviving manuscripts, it is traditionally credited to Agathodaemon of Alexandria.
Ptolemaic dynasty - Wikipedia
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.
Claudius Ptolemy - World History Encyclopedia
2023年9月7日 · 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...
Who was Claudius Ptolemy? - University of Chicago
Claudius Ptolemy. Claudius Ptolemy lived in Alexandria, in Egypt, in the middle of the second century CE. He was descended from an Egyptian family and associated with the renowned library situated in the city. He is celebrated for his great work …
Ptolemy - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
2024年12月8日 · Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90 – c. 168 AD), a Greek -speaking mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer who lived in the Hellenistic culture of Alexandria in Roman Egypt. His most important works were the Almagest and the Geography.
Ptolemy (85 - 165) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics
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.
Geography (Ptolemy) - Wikipedia
The Geography (Ancient Greek: Γεωγραφικὴ Ὑφήγησις, Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, lit. "Geographical Guidance"), also known by its Latin names as the Geographia and the Cosmographia, is a gazetteer, an atlas, and a treatise on cartography, compiling the geographical knowledge of the 2nd-century Roman Empire.
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