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

Ariobarzane ̄s
Astrampsukhos
Azanite ̄s
Burzoy
Geo ̄ponika, in Pahlavi
Hippokratic Corpus, in Pahlavi
Ostane ̄s, pseudo

Pharnax

Sophar

Wuzurgmihr

Zarathusˇtra

Zı ̄g (Royal Tables)

Zo ̄roaster, pseudo

Sanskrit: Indo-European language (and script) of north India, ancestor of most modern
Indian languages (entries by Plofker & Knudsen):

A ̄ryabhat
̇
a
Kalya ̄n.a
Mı ̄nara ̄ja
Paita ̄mahası ̄ddha ̄nta

Sphujidhvaja

Vara ̄hamihira

Yavanes ́vara

Semitic (34)
Arabic (11): many works of Greek science were translated into Arabic, and some survive
only or primarily thus, see esp. A, T (most entries by Kevin van
Bladel):

Abiyu ̄n
Aganis
Anqı ̄la ̄was
Apollo ̄nios of Tuana, pseudo
Ahrun ibn-A
yan al-Qass
Book of Assumptions by Aqa ̄.tu
̇
n

“Dtrums”

Epaphroditos (meteor.)

Euax

al-H.arith ibn-Kalada

Paulos (music)

Babylonian: language and (cuneiform) writing of a people dwelling in Mesopotamia,
whose work in astronomy greatly influenced Greeks (most entries by Francesca Rochberg):

Babylonian Astronomy
Be ̄rossos
Kide ̄nas

Naburianos

Sudine ̄s

Hebrew: language of the Jews, closely related to Punic, also related to Aramaic (all entries
by A.Y. Reed):

Asaf ben Berekhiah
Gamaliel VI

Samuel of Nehardea

Mandaic: an eastern Aramaic language, closely related to Syriac, but whose script
includes vowels (entry by Siam Bhayro):

Book of the Signs of the Zodiac

Punic: language of the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, closely related to Hebrew:

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