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Autolycus, of Pitane, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C

LC control no.no2021085779
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Personal name headingAutolycus, of Pitane, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C.
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Variant(s)Autolycus, Astronomus, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C.
Autolycus, Pitanensis, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C.
Autò€lic, de Pitana, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C.
Autolycos, de Pitane, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C.
Autolycos, von Pitane, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C.
Autolykos, von Pitane, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C.
Autolico, di Pitane, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C.
Autolycus, Pitanaeus, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C.
Birth date-0359~
Death date-0289~
Field of activityAstronomy Mathematics Geography
Profession or occupationAstronomers Mathematicians
Special noteData contributed by the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Found inWikipedia (online), viewed on July 20, 2021: Autolycus of Pitane (c. 360-c. 290 BC; a Greek astronomer, mathematician, and geographer; born in Pitane, in Asia Minor; contemporary of Aristotle; wrote in Athens between 325 and 300 BCE; author of On the Moving Sphere; Risings and settings)
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autolycus_of_Pitane>
Perseus catalog (online), viewed on July 20, 2021 Autolycus Pitanaeus um 300 v.Chr (astronomer, geographer, mathematician; author of De ortibus et occasibus and De sphaera quae movetur; variants = Autolycus, Astronomus; Autolycus, Pitanensis; Autò€lic, de Pitana; Autolycus, of Pitane; Autolycos, de Pitane; Autolycos, von Pitane; Autolykos, von Pitane; Autolico, di Pitane)
   <https://catalog.perseus.org/catalog/urn:cite:perseus:author.245>
CERL thesaurus (online), viewed on July 20, 2021: Autolycos de Pitane (mathematician and geometer; c. 360 BCE- c. 290 BCE)
   <https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01337676>
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