The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists: The Greek tradition and its many heirs

Ed.: Heitsch (1963–1964) 1.51–54. RE 18.3 (1949) 615–619 (#5), F. Stoessl; A. Garzya, “Pankrates,” Atti XVII Congresso Internazi ...

literature (Pliny 12.20 and 28.54). Pliny’s numerous references suggest real scientific inquiry (on tide: 2.224, on winds: 2.121 ...

In geometry, Pappos relies on a considerable number of works, many known only through his allusions in MC 7 (also MC 3, 4 and 5) ...

included only a small selection of the scientific papyri, those of the greatest length (e.g., the commentary in P. B. 9782 ) ...

Papyrus Ashmolean Library (200 – 100 BCE) Fragment on glauko ̄ma, stating that it is sometimes fatal, and sometimes induced by i ...

M.-H. Marganne, “Un témoignage antérieur à Celse sur l’opération du coloboma,” CE 66 (1991) 226 – 236. PTK Papyrus Cairo Crawfor ...

length of daytime and nighttime, and the religious festival to be observed. The date itself is a month and day number when the S ...

Based on this and what he sees as deference to legislation against forgery enforced at the beginning of the 4th c., Halleux date ...

could have formed sulfuric or hydrochloric acid and that the resulting dross left on the gold could have been considered its “ru ...

P L 2329/2388 ⇒ P. P G 1 Papyrus Louvre inv. 7733 (300 – 200 BCE) This fragmentary papyrus, in a 3rd c. ...

Papyrus Michiganensis 17.758 (350 – 370 CE) Sometime in the middle of the 4th c., a practicing physician in Roman Egypt hired a ...

Papyrus Oslo. 72 (100 – 130 CE) Fragment on the treatment of epilepsy and paraplexy by diet; the etiology given is the brain “an ...

fragment, probably part of a longer poem, is refined in style and technique, with descriptive images and variations (e.g., perse ...

Papyrus Rylandensis 27 (ca 250 – 300 CE) Gives rules for computing lunar latitudes and longitudes at lunar apogee, probably for ...

Papyrus Tebtunis 679 (100 – 200 CE) Fragment of an illustrated treatise on medicinal properties of plants. Pack #2094. PTK Papyr ...

Paradoxographus Vaticanus (14 – 200 CE) Also known as Paradoxographus Rohdii, after its first editor E. Rohde. An anonymous comp ...

Ed.: I. Garofalo, Anonymi Medici de Morbis Acutis et Chroniis (1997) = SAM 12. van der Eijk (1999) 295–331; BNP 1 (2002) 713–714 ...

Parmeniskos of Alexandria (120 – 80 BCE) Grammarian who commented on H and Euripide ̄s, and also on A, from which astro ...

(In Resp. 2.40.25–42.10 Kroll) uses elementary constructions within the right triangle with sides 3,4,5 as well as basic calcula ...

Paulos of Aigina (ca 630 – 670 CE?) Lived in Alexandria “at the beginning of Islam” and was known as “the obstetrician (al-qawa ...