Hyginus
Americannoun
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For instance, around the onset of the first millennium, Gaius Julius Hyginus, librarian for Roman emperor Augustus, noted that Betelgeuse was a yellow color comparable to Saturn.
From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2022
In 1482 he produced an edition of the Poeticon Astronomicon of Hyginus with some figures of the planets which, rude as they were, served as models for many subsequent editions.
From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
On another occasion a minute crater was thought to have arisen near the well-known object named Hyginus.
From The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir
The plans of Polybius give two hundred and thirty square feet to each soldier of the consular army of two legions, numbering nearly eighteen thousand men, and the descriptions of Hyginus give similar ratios.
From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Hamlin, Augustus C.
If Hyginus had been invested with additional authority, and if he soon afterwards died, it is not to be wondered at that his removal was the signal for the renewal of agitation.
From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)
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