Ptolemaeus
Americannoun
noun
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A Latin inscription next to him reads “In this mountain range, King Ptolemaeus uses a world-compass and through astrology, by longitudes and by latitudes, he constructed a mappa mundi and a cosmography.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
Modern popular astrology runs directly back to Claudius Ptolemaeus, whom we call Ptolemy, although he was unrelated to the kings of the same name.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Among his notable disciples were his daughter Arete, her son named Aristippus after his grandfather, Ptolemaeus the Aethiopian, Antipater of Cyrene, and a long succession of others.
From A Short History of Greek Philosophy by Marshall, John
Since Tischendorf lays so much stress upon pseudo-Tertullian and Philastrius making Ptolemaeus appear immediately after Valentinus, this explanation is after his own principle.
From Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard
Ptolemaeus, in the third quadrant, and not far removed from the centre of the disc, may be taken as a typical example of the class.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
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