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 Earth Globe
For another 1,400 years, many people mistakenly believed that this was a true picture of the universe.
In 140 BC, a Greek known as Crates of Mallus built what may have been the first globe in history.
It is hard to picture what was on that globe, since the Greeks only knew what a small part of the planet looked like.
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  Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 511 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Aristarchus was in constant opposition to Crates of Mallus, the founder of the Pergamene school of grammar.
This Crates had the merit of trans­planting the study of literature to Rome.
[crates.] In the time of Augustus the great compiler, Didymus, wrote most comprehensive commentaries on Homer, copying mostly the works of preceding Alexandrian grammarians, which had swollen to an enormous extent.
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 Wood Crates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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 Crates Saddles
1) " Crates" -- In the context of Crates Saddles
Crates of Mallus 1: '''Crates ''', of Mallus in Cilicia, a Greek language
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 Crates - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Crates
The titles of ten plays are known, but only fragments of his work survive.
As for the plot, it came originally from Sicily; but of Athenian writers Crates was the first who, abandoning the 'iambic' or lampooning form, generalised his themes and plots.
Half a dozen greyhounds were crammed into larger crates that were anything save large enough.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Crates   (198 words)

  
 Crates (Grammarian) - LoveToKnow 1911
CRATES, of Mallus in Cilicia, a Greek grammarian and Stoic philosopher of the 2nd century n.c., leader of the literary school and head of the library of Pergamum.
See C. Wachsmuth, De Cratete Mallota (1860), containing an account of the life, pupils and writings of Crates; J. Sandys, Hist.
This page was last modified 18:57, 28 Apr 2006.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Crates_(Grammarian)   (160 words)

  
 The Spherical World of 1472
Comparing the size of this globe against the size of the known landmasses, it was clear that the "back" side of the earth was totally unexplored, as was the southern half of the "front" side.
In the 2nd century BC, a philosopher named Crates of Mallus proposed that the earth must be symmetrical to be stable.
To him, this implied that the unexplored regions must contain three additional "continents", each similar to the known landmass of Eurasia and northern Africa.
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 Panaetius - LoveToKnow 1911
185-180 to 110 - 108 B.C.), Greek Stoic philosopher, belonged to a Rhodian family, but was probably educated partly in Pergamum under Crates of Mallus and afterwards in Athens, where he attended the lectures of Diogenes the Babylonian, Critolaus and Carneades.
He subsequently went to Rome, where he became the friend of Laelius and of Scipio the Younger.
This page was last modified 03:27, 29 Aug 2006.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Panaetius   (375 words)

  
 Index of names: Cr
320/16 Crates the cynic philosopher denounces a statue of Phryne at Delphi
285/12 The death of the Cynic philosopher Crates.
265/15 The death of Crates of Athens, the Academic philosopher; Arcesilaus
www.attalus.org /names/cr.html   (2119 words)

  
 Egg Crates
1) " Egg" -- In the context of Egg Crates
An Egg (person) is a joking or racist term for someone of Caucasianextraction who "acts Asian."
2) " Crates" -- In the context of Egg Crates
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 Technology
Use of gears leads to invention of ox-driven water wheel for irrigation.
Crates of Mallus forms his great globe of the world.
Ch'ien Han Shu is the first person to record sunspots.
www.biblicalheritage.org /History/HM/technology.htm   (240 words)

  
 World Globes - Globe - Earth Globes
People have been slow to accept the concept of a spherical world, yet the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round.
The Greek historian, Straho, wrote of a world globe ten feet in diameter made by Crates of Mallus and exhibited in 150 B.C. Thus, for centuries, men haw known the shape of Earth, but most visualized it only as the small, flat area that embraced their everyday lives.
Today, however, we live in a global community, and the globe has become the map of our modem world.
www.myworldglobes.com   (764 words)

  
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 World Globes & Gemstone Globes from World Globe Universe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
For literally thousands of years mankind has viewed with wonder the stars in the heavens, the world around him, and struggled to bring meaning and understanding to his observations.
History accords Crates of Mallus the distinction of having created the first globe of our Earth.
Later, scientists developed the Armillary Sphere and eventually more accurate representations culminating in our modern world globes.
www.worldglobeu.com   (837 words)

  
 Crates :: Ancient Greek : Gourt
Crates - A brief biographical note on the Athenian actor and founder of Greek comedy.
Meta Description: [ A biography of the Athenian actor and author of comedies.
Old Age - Complete text of the poem by Crates.
arts.gourt.com /Literature/Drama/Ancient-Greek/Crates.html   (111 words)

  
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Dicaearchus (350-290 B.C.; or 326-296 B.C.) pointed out the need for an orienting line - his ran from west to east, through Gibraltar and Rhodes - on his then highly esteemed world map (Raisz 1937, p.
Crates of Mallus constructed a globe of the four quarters of the inhabited part of the world, from Arctic to tropic, in the form of a half circle, ca.
Eratosthenes' map covered about 7,800 miles east to west, from the Pillars of Hercules to the Gulf of Issus, and 3,800 miles north to south, from Thule to Cinnamon Land (Brown 1949, pp.
www.library.ucsb.edu /people/larsgaard/plan1.html   (7803 words)

  
 Eliot Katz: Playing Catch with Cracked Globes
How return the globe to its sender depends on its age.
If built early, circa 140 B.C. Greece, by Crates of Mallus,
Don't dig fingers in for a long throw, this globe stops time--
www.counterpunch.org /katz04292003.html   (1192 words)

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