Seleukos of Seleukeia

• Autores: Duane W. Roller
• Localización: Antiquité classique, ISSN 0770-2817, Nº. 74, 2005, págs. 111-118
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Seleukos of Seleukeia (ca. 160-120 B.C.) was an intriguing yet shadowy Hellenistic scholar. He was an important early theorist about tidal activity, and also offered a proof of the heliocentric theory. He is known to have written two treatises, but they survive only in obscure and virtually incomprehensive fragments, quoted largely by Strabo and Aetios but also the Arab scholar al-Razi.