Leonid Zhmud The Origin of the History of Science in Classical Antiquity

mathe¯matikos, 132, 262
– astronomy, 259, 270
– epistemological optimism, 68–69
– geometry, 205
– harmonics, 105, 216, 217
– means, 173, 174
– mechanics, 36, 97, 129, 176, 206,
274
–
On Mathematical Sciences, 60–67,
71–73
– on research, 35, 40
– optics, 129
– utility of
mathe¯mata, 71–72, 74. (see
also duplication of the cube, Plato)
Aristarchus of Samos, 240–41, 275,
280, 287, 296, 302, 305
Aristeas the Elder, 179, 208–9, 280
Aristippus of Cyrene, 45, 288
Aristo of Chios, 288
Aristobulus, 8, 299
Aristocles of Messina, 52
Aristophanes, 56, 63, 66, 202, 259, 267,
269
Aristotle, 11, 18, 35–36, 40, 47, 61, 68,
72–73, 75, 102–3, 112, 119, 140,
143, 145–47, 152, 158–60, 163, 173,
177–78, 190, 196, 200, 211, 220–23,
226, 229–31, 233–34, 245–46, 248,
251–52, 257–58, 266–68, 271,
277–78, 280, 291, 295, 297, 299,
301, 306
– and Callippus, 232, 234, 274
– and Eudemus, 145, 166–69, 210
– and Eudoxus, 96, 118, 250, 274, 275
– and Plato, 104, 109, 123, 127
– classification of sciences, 20–21,
122–25, 131–32, 165, 216
–
De inundatione Nili, 143
– doxography, 141–42, 145, 154–57,
163
– history, 10, 17, 50, 135–39, 141, 164,
213, 278
– mathematical sciences, 47, 62, 73,
88, 111, 113, 121, 129, 168, 175,
192, 197, 198, 202, 203, 205, 207,
211, 215, 224, 289
–
Mechanical Problems, 97
– medicine, 110, 126, 128, 134, 144
– natural sciences, 102, 120, 283
–
On Philosophy, 113, 116, 131
– on progress, 59, 70, 107, 120–21,
162, 210, 212, 254
– on the origin of culture, 52, 113
–
pro¯toi heuretai, 42, 137, 150, 157
–
Protrepticus, 70, 75, 114, 196, 266
– saving the phenomena, 273
– theology, 118, 122–24, 130–31
– theory of catastrophes, 109, 139,
185, 212
– theory of science, 48, 69, 71, 77, 117,
125–28, 288, 289
– utility of
mathe¯mata, 32, 73
– Tecnõn sunagwg2, 51, 151
Aristoxenus, 10–11, 14, 38, 50, 73, 99,
100, 102, 104, 112, 119, 136, 161,
165, 167, 174, 179, 195, 211, 224,
226–227, 274, 293
– as biographer, 139, 150, 167
–
On Arithmetic, 15, 218–24
– on harmonics, 129
– on Hippasus, 190, 195
–
On Music, 50–51, 137
– on Pythagoras, 196, 227
Arrianus, 305
Artapan, 299
Artemidorus, 305
Asclepiades of Bithynia, 261, 296
Asclepiades of Myrlaea, 293
Asclepius, 8, 51, 58, 108, 298–301
Asclepius the commentator, 156
as-Samaw’al, 302–3, 306
Athenaeus of Attaleia, 296
Athenaeus of Cyzicus, 99, 178, 182,
209, 270, 284
Athenis, 29
Atlas, 8, 26, 269, 298, 306
Attalus, 275, 280–81

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General index
323
Aulus Gellius, 166
Autolycus of Pitane, 119–20, 231, 233,
237, 251, 253–54, 264, 269, 280,
287, 302, 305
B
abylon
– and Greek astronomy, 120, 241–43,
249, 252–53, 258, 272, 308
– as home of astronomy, 38–41, 239,
298, 307
– literature, 30
– mathematics, 199
– theology, 130. (
see also Chaldaeans)
Baldi, 6, 9, 294
Basilides of Tyre, 281, 287
Berosus, 296
Biton, 282
Boethus of Sidon, 287
Bryson, 45, 118, 177–78, 202
Bupalos, 29
Busiris, 41, 74, 77
Butades, 29
Butheros, 222
C
admus, 26, 40–42, 49, 151
Callimachus, 96
Calliphon, 128
Callippus, 99, 148, 151, 181, 185,
228–35, 237–39, 244, 250, 253, 261,
266, 268, 273–74, 276, 284, 297.
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