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| ��� ��� Index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. actors’ categories, 94n�� Aetna (poem), 2, 30, ��-��, 45-55, 80: author, identity of, ��, �2, ��, 45, 8�; borrowings in, 54; corruption of text, �0�n54; editions/translations of, 99n7, �02n48, �02n5�; moral message of, 55; mythology in, ��, �5, 46, 54, 55; possibly requested by a patron, 45; purpose of, �2, 45; structure of, 5�-52; subject matter of, 45-47, 48-5�, 5�, 64-65, 8�, 85,�0�n60 agriculture/gardening, ��, 45, 52, 9�n22, �05n7 akousmata (things heard), �4-�5. See also oral communication Alexander of Aphrodisias, 29 Alexandria, 28 allegory, in poetry, �4, 42, 99n�� analogies, use of, 5� Anaximander, �4, 89 Anaximenes, �4, 89 Andronicus of Rhodes, 95n58, 96n66 Antigonus Gonatas of Macedonia, 40 Aphrodite (goddess), �0�n�7 Apollo (god), 44-45, 55 aporetic style, 22. See also problem texts Aratus, 40, 45: Phaenomena, 40, 52; translations of works by, �09n6 Archimedes, 25, 98n�, 95n5�: his bath, 95n5� Archytas of Tarentum, �4 Aristarchus: On the Sizes and Distances, 64 Aristophanes: The Clouds, 94n�5 Aristotle, �8, 20, 9�n6, 95n58, 96n62: Jonathan Barnes on, �8, 20; commentaries on, 2�, 2829 , �00n�5, ���n��; death of, 60; dialogues of, 60, �04n7, �07n�9; on Empedocles, �8-�9; Eudemian Ethics, �8, 95n5�, 96n6�; on knowledge (epistēmē), 7; lectures of, �8; library of, �5-�6, �7; Metaphysics, �8, 22-2�, �4, 92n2�, 99n9; Meteorology, 24; method of study, �6, �7, 28, 5�; On the Generation of Animals, �8; On the Heavens, 29, �00n�5; on mythology, ��-�4; On the Pythagoreans, �5; Physics, �8; Simplicius’ commentary on, 28-29,�00n�5, ���n��; Poetics, �8, 59-60, 99n8; Posterior Analytics, 58, 97n78; Prior Analytics, �9; Problems, 2�; Pseudo-Aristotle: Problems (Problemata), 2�, 25, 97n75; Topics, �7 Asclepius of Tralles, 27-28 Asmis, E.: Epicurus’ Scientific Method, �0�n60 astronomical instruments, 7�, �07n48 astronomy, ��, 27, �5-�6, 4�, 47, 89: cosmology, 57, 72, 7�, 99n�2; moon, 66-67, 75-76, �05n�; planets, �5, �07n48; in Plato: Timaeus, 7�, 72-7�; in poetry, 4�-45, 48, 52. See also Plutarch: On the Face on the Moon Athens, �5, 70: library in, 87, ��0n4 audiences, �5, 2�-22: importance of, ��-�4. See also oral communication authors, 79, 8�: the ”ancients,” 8�, 85, 88, �09n�4; as conveyors of knowledge, �08n5; precedents, reference to, 82-8�, 85, 89; readers and, 80, 8�-82, 8�, 88, �08n5. See also books/texts; genres, choice of; individual authors; readers Avienus, �09n6 Bacchus (god), frontis Barnes, Jonathan, �8, 20 bath. See Archimedes biographies, ��, �6, �08n4 Boethius, 27 books/texts, 87-90: alterations/ corrections to, 89; codices, 88-89, �08n5; dedicatees, 80; ease of use of, 89; editors of, 20, 85, 96n66; fiction, �; intertextuality, 82-8�; ��2 | �ndex| �ndex �ndex papyrus rolls, 87, 88, 89, ��0nn2- �; parchment, 88; publication process, 88; readers’ impact on, 80, 8�; structure of, 87, 88; survival of, 89-90; translations of, 80, 85, 90, �09n6, �09n9. See also authors; genres; individual authors of; libraries; readers Buxton, Richard: From Myth to Reason? …, 92n7, 92n�8 Calame, Claude, �-4, 92n�8 calendars, 52 Carthage, 62, 69, �07n�7 Cato the Elder: On Agriculture, 9�n22 catoptrics. See mirrors Cavallo, Guglielmo, �08n5 chanting. See incantations Cherniss, Harold, 6�, 67-68, 74, �05n�7, �06n2�, �06n�6 Chrysippus (of Soli), �02n4� Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 7, 97n75, �09n6: dialogues, 60-6�, �05n7, �07n�9; Letters to Atticus, 58; On the Nature of the Gods, �02n4�; Tusculan Disputations, �0�n56 Clay, Diskin: Lucretius and Epicurus, �0�n�7 Cleanthes (of Assos), �02n4� Clearchus, 64 Cleomedes, �9: The Heavens, �9, 2� codices (the codex), 88-89, �08n5 Columella: On Agriculture, ��, 45 commentaries, ��, 2�-22, 28-29, 80, 82, 85, 89: on Aristotle, 2�, 28-29, �00n�5, ���n��; on Homer, �7, 22, 28; on mathematics, 28 communication. See oral communication; scientific communication; written communication communities, intellectual/scientific, 8�-82, �09n9: definition of, 8�, 84; disagreement within, 84; membership of, 8�-84, 85. See also philosophical schools Conte, Gian Biagio, 8-9: Genres and Readers, 8 conversation, 82: dialogues as, �7, 58, 59-60, 77, 82, �00n2�; dinner-table topics, see philosophy Copernicus, Nicolaus, 57 Cornford, F. M., 7� correspondence. See letters/ correspondence cosmology, 57, 72, 7�, 99n�2: Copernican, 57; Plutarch on, see Plutarch: On the Face on the Moon. See also astronomy creation myths, 4�-44, 7�, 72-7�, 75-76 Cronus (god), 62, 66, 67 Darwin, Erasmus: The Botanic Garden (poem), �04n� death, mythic account of, 66-67, 75 Delphic shrine...

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