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The island of Syros (1)

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05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore



 		Keywords
presocratics
sundial
Period
3rd century CE
Greek Archaic Age
Roman Empire 		Channel
Greek poets
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

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On the island of Syros (= Syrie), where the Odyssey (15.403-404) locates the observations of the solstices, lived a Pherecydes, whose sun-dial was preserved there.

Diogenes Laërtius, Vitae Philosophorum 1.119:
Andron of Ephesus says that there were two natives of Syros who bore the name Pherecydes: the one was an astronomer, the other was the son of Babys and a theologian, teacher of Pythagoras. Eratosthenes, however, says that there was only one Pherecydes of Syros, the other Pherecydes being an Athenian and a genealogist. … His sun-dial is also preserved in the island of Syros.

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Diogenes Laërtius, Vitae Philosophorum 1.119
Homer, Odyssey 15.403-404

Bibliography

Hicks 1950, I 124-125Hicks, R. D. Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers. 2 Vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1950.
Pingree 1998, 129Pingree, David. “Legacies in Astronomy and Celestial Omens.” In: S. Dalley (ed.). The Legacy of Mesopotamia. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1998, 125-137.

Amar Annus


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