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  Apollonius biography
While Apollonius was at Pergamum he met Eudemus of Pergamum (not to be confused with Eudemus of Rhodes who wrote the History of Geometry) and also Attalus, who many think must be King Attalus I of Pergamum.
In On the Burning Mirror Apollonius showed that parallel rays of light are not brought to a focus by a spherical mirror (as had been previously thought) and discussed the focal properties of a parabolic mirror.
Apollonius was also an important founder of Greek mathematical astronomy, which used geometrical models to explain planetary theory.
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  Theosophy Trust
Apollonius came into Athens on the day of the Epidaurian festival to be initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries, but the hierophant refused to initiate Apollonius on the grounds that he dabbled in other rites.
Apollonius met a funeral procession passing through the streets and discovered that the deceased had died in the hour she was to have been married.
Apollonius refused to go, but gave a letter to Damis to take to the emperor with the instruction: "Live unobserved, and if that cannot be, slip unobserved from life." Seeing Damis off, he added: "Even if you have to philosophize by yourself, keep your eyes upon me." Damis left, and Apollonius disappeared from history.
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  Apollonius of Perga | English | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
It was Apollonius who gave the ellipse, the parabola, and the hyperbola the names by which we know them.
The hypothesis of eccentric orbits, or equivalently, deferent and epicycles, to explain the apparent motion of the planets and the varying speed of the Moon, are also attributed to him.
The Apollonius crater on the Moon was named in his honour.
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  Apollonius (crater)
Apollonius is a lunar crater located near the eastern limb of the Moon.
It is southwest of the crater Firmicus, and north of Condon crater.
The outer rim of Apollonius is somewhat worn and is overlaid by a pair of small craters (including Apollonius E) across the western wall.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Apollonius of Tyana   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Apollonius of Tyana (13 March 2 – 98?) was a Neo-Pythagorean philosopher and mathematician of Greek origin.
Apollonius was a vegetarian, and a disciple of Pythagoras.
Apollonius' fame was still evident in 272, when the Emperor Aurelian besieged Tyana, which had rebelled against Roman rule.
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It was Apollonius who gave the ellipse, the parabola, and the hyperbola the names by which we know them.
The hypothesis of eccentric orbits, or equivalently, deferent and epicycles, to explain the apparent motion of the planets and the varying speed of the Moon, are also attributed to him.
The Apollonius crater on the Moon was named in his honour.
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Apollonius of Tyana lived in the first century of the Christian era, born about 1 CE and perhaps reaching the age of 100.
Apollonius of Tyre is the subject of a popular medieval story, existing in numerous forms in many languages.
Apollonius, surnamed "the Sophist", was a famous grammarian, who probably lived towards the end of the 1st century A.D. and taught in Rome in the time of Tiberius.
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 Apollonius (crater) Information
Apollonius is a lunar crater located near the eastern limb of the Moon.
It is southwest of the crater Firmicus, and north of Condon crater.
The outer rim of Apollonius is somewhat worn and is overlaid by a pair of small craters (including 'Apollonius E') across the western wall.
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It lies to the northwest of Mare Spumans and southeast of the Apollonius crater.
This crater is generally circular, with inner walls that slopes down to a relatively dark floor.
The albedo of this floor is similar to the lunar mare to the southeast.
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 Apollonius biography
Apollonius of Perga should not be confused with other Greek scholars called Apollonius, for it was a common name.
While Apollonius was at Pergamum he met Eudemus of Pergamum (not to be confused with Eudemus of Rhodes who wrote the History of Geometry) and also Attalus, who many think must be King Attalus I of Pergamum.
Apollonius was also an important founder of Greek mathematical astronomy, which used geometrical models to explain planetary theory.
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 Daly (Lunar crater)
Daly is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the eastern part of the Moon, to the northwest of the Apollonius crater.
The crater is intruding into a comparably-sized crater 'Apollonius F' to the east-southeast.
This crater was previously designated 'Daly P' before being named by the IAU.
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 Top Literature - Apollonius
Apollonius (philosopher), Greek philosopher is Apollonius of Tyana listed below.
Apollonius of Perga (262–190 BCE), geometer and astronomer
Apollonius' theorem, an elementary geometry theorem about triangles.
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 Science Fair Projects - Cartan (crater)
Cartan is a small lunar crater near the eastern edge of the Moon.
The rim is circular with a tiny crater along the eastern side.
A smaller crater attached to the southern rim is also attached to the north rim of 'Apollonius H', forming a short crater chain.
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 Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, Part II
Apollonius and Damis then took part in the interviews devoted to abstract discussions; not so with the conversations devoted to occult themes, in which they pondered the nature of astronomy or divination, and considered the problem of foreknowledge, and handled the problems of sacrifice and of the invocations in which the gods take pleasure.
Apollonius then was talking about libations, and was urging them not to drink out of a particular cup, but to reserve it for the gods, without ever touching it or drinking out of it.
But Apollonius insisted and would not let her off, and then she admitted that she was a vampire, and was fattening up Menippus with pleasures before devouring his body, for it was her habit to feed upon young and beautiful bodies, because their blood is pure and strong.
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 Apollonius.Net - On The High Road
Apollonius Of Tyana and The Shroud Of Turin
Apollonius himself describes the character of these sages and of their settlement upon the hill; for in one of his addresses to the Egyptians he says, "I saw Indian Brahmans living upon the earth and yet not on it, and fortified without fortifications, and possessing nothing, yet having the riches of all men."
And as Apollonius showed astonishment at his gift of prescience, he took pains to add that a single letter was missing in the epistle, namely a "delta," which had escaped the writer; and this was found to be the case.
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 Apollonius information - Search.com
Apollonius (philosopher), Greek philosopher is Apollonius of Tyana listed below.
Apollonius of Perga (262–190 BCE), geometer & astronomer
Apollonius the Sophist of Alexandria, a famous grammarian, who probably lived towards the end of the 1st century CE.
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 Flavius Philostratus: The Life of Apollonius of Tyana
But he learnt afterwards that the soil underneath the well was composed of realgar, but that they regarded the water as holy and mysterious, and no one either drank it or drew it up, but it was regarded by the whole land of India all around as binding in oaths.
And near this there was a crater, he says, of fire, which sent up a lead-colored flame, though it emitted no smoke or any smell, nor did this crater ever overflow, but emitted just matter enough not to bubble over the edges of the pit.
Apollonius therefore was right in saying that people provided as they are with all they want offhand and without having prepared anything, possess what they do not possess.
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 Abbot crater animaniacs Abbot crater
Abbot is a small lunar impact crater that lies on the rugged ground between the Mare Fecunditatis in the south and west, and the Mare Crisium to the north.
This formation was designated Apollonius K before being given a name by the IAU.
Apollonius crater lies to the east of the crater Abbot.
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 Apollonius of Tyana
And Apollonius said that he had enough gold already, because Vardan had given it to the guide on the sly; but that he would accept the linen robes, because they were like the cloaks worn by the ancient and genuine inhabitants of Attica.
Apollonius went through the rites over him which Empedocles and Pythagoras prescribe for the purification of such offences, and told him to return home, for that he was now pure of guilt.
But Apollonius seeing him on tip-toe with expectation, merely said: "For myself, I know Nerva to be the most moderate of men and the gentlest and the most devoted to yourself, as well as a good ruler; though he is so averse to meddling in high matters of State, that he shrinks from office.
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 Apollonius (crater) . Apollonius of Perga   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Apollonius D — See Cartan crater Cartan crater.
Apollonius K — See Abbot crater Abbot crater.
It was Apollonius who gave the ellipse, the parabola, and...
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 Order of Nazorean Essenes
And Apollonius was about to rise and retire, when Iarchas checked him from leaving his throne, and explained to him that it was not their custom for him to do so.
He says then that when they had sat down, the king extended his hand as if in prayer to the sages and they nodded their assent as if they were conceding his request; and he was transported with joy at the promise, just as if he had come to the oracle of a God.
BOTH Apollonius and Damis then took part in the interviews devoted to abstract discussions; not so with the conversations devoted to occult themes, in which they pondered the nature of astronomy or divination, and considered the question of fore-knowledge, and handled the problems of sacrifice and of the invocations in which the gods take pleasure.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Apollonius   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Apollonius of Perga (262-190 BCE), geometer and astronomer
Apollonius the Sophist of Alexandria, a famous grammarian, who probably lived towards the end of the 1st century CE.
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
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 The Life of Apollonius of Tyana - The Habitation of Indian Sages
And near this there was a crater, he says, of fire, which sent up a lead-coloured flame, though it emitted no smoke or any smell, nor did this crater ever overflow, but emitted just matter enough not to bubble over the edges of the pit.
APOLLONIUS himself describes the character of these sages and of their settlement upon the hill; for in one of his addresses to the Egyptians he says:
But the material of which they make their raiment is a wool that springs wild from the ground, white like that of the Pamphylians, though it is of softer growth, and a grease like olive oil distils from off it.
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 Townley (crater) at AllExperts
Townley is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the eastern part of the Moon.
It lies to the northwest of Mare Spumans and southeast of the Apollonius crater.
This crater is generally circular, with inner walls that slopes down to a relatively dark floor.
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 Apollonius_of_Perga - The Wordbook Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Apollonius was probably born some twenty-five years later than Archimedes, i.e.
An Arabic version of the De Rationis Sectione was found towards the end of the 17th century in the Bodleian library by Edward Bernard, who began a translation of it; Halley finished it and published it along with a restoration of the De Spatii Sectione in 1706.
This problem, which is sometimes known as the Apollonian Problem, was proposed by Vieta in the 16th century to Adrianus Romanus, who gave a solution by means of a hyperbola.
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 Apollonius - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Apollonius
He and his brother Tauriscus, both active in Rhodes, made the marble group known as the Farnese Bull (Roman copy National Museum, Naples), based on the legend of Amphion.
The answer of Apollonius to Vespasian, is full of excellent instruction.
One at least of these, the "Divination by Birds", was, as we know from Proclus, attached to the end of the "Works" until it was rejected by Apollonius Rhodius: doubtless it continued the same theme of how to live, showing how man can avoid disasters by attending to the omens to be drawn from birds.
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Apollonius biographyApollonius of Perga was known as 'The Great Geometer'.
Little is known of his life but his works have had a very great influence on the development of mathematics, in particular his famous book Conics...
Oxbow Books - Apollonius of Perga's A detailed and highly specialised analysis of Apollonius of Pergas mathematical text Conica, which...
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 Hotel Condon
Condon is a lunar crater that lies on the eastern shore of the Sinus Successus, a bay along the northeast edge of Mare Fecunditatis.
It lies midway between the larger Apollonius crater to the north and the smaller Webb crater to the south on the Mare Fecunditatis.
The crater interior is nearly level, and mark only by a few low rises in the surface.
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At Agnano Terme, on the edge of an old volcanic crater, are the ruins of a Roman spa.
At the centre of the crater is the great Agnano race-course and, not far off, the Wood of the Astroni.
This church, one of the most important mediaeval monuments in Naples, was built in 1310-28, probably by Gagliardo Primario, and was transformed in the 18th century by the addition of some lavish Baroque decoration by D.A. Vaccaro and then Giovanni Del Gaizo.
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 UNIVERSE - UNI02430
On 17.November a successfull soft- landing was made in a shallow crater in the north-western Mare Imbrium (38°N, 36°W, south of Heraclides Promontory).
No indication was given as to whether there had been a mechanical failure, or whether it had been lost or damaged by falling into a crater or fissure.
The site was 17 km from a large crater 10 km in diameter and 2 km deep, and the hope was to optain ejecta samles.
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A brief essay on Apollonius of Tyana as one of the Saints of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica.
Explores the possibility that Apollonius of Tyanna may have been Paul the Apostle.
Apollonius de Perga (260 - 170 AC) foi um geómetra grego que equacionou e resolveu o problema a que lhe foi atribuído o nome.
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