Ptolemaios

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Ptolemaios is the Latinized name of Claudius Ptolemaeus, the Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, and geographer whose works like the Almagest and Geographia shaped scientific thought for centuries.

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Label Occurrences
Ptolemaios canonical 2
Ptolemy 1
Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greco-Roman scholar
astrologer
astronomer
geographer
human
mathematician
approximateBirthYear c. 100
approximateDeathYear c. 170
astronomicalModel geocentric cosmos with epicycles and deferents
authored Almagest
Geographia
Harmonics
Optics
Tetrabiblos
citizenship Roman Empire
culture Greco-Roman
era Roman Empire
ethnicGroup Greek
fieldOfWork astronomy
geography
mathematics
music theory
optics
floruit 2nd century
2nd century CE
fullName Claudius Ptolemaeus
geographiaContent coordinate-based world map system
influenced Renaissance astronomy
history of cartography
medieval European astronomy
medieval Islamic astronomy
knownFor Ptolemaic system
geocentric model of the universe
influential star catalog
systematic geography of the known world
latinizedNameOf Claudius Ptolemaeus
name Ptolemaios self-link
nativeLanguage Greek
notableWork Almagest
Geographia
Harmonics
Optics
Tetrabiblos
occupation astrologer
astronomer
geographer
mathematician
placeOfResidence Alexandria
starCatalogSize over 1,000 stars
tetrabiblosSubject astrology and its theoretical foundations
workLocation Alexandria
Egypt

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Claudius Ptolemaeus alsoKnownAs Ptolemaios
Claudius Ptolemaeus alsoKnownAs Ptolemaios
this entity surface form: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος
Cetus createdBy Ptolemaios
this entity surface form: Ptolemy
Ptolemaios name Ptolemaios self-link