Famous Astronomers of Antiquity
In addition to the authors named in the article, the following list of people who worked on mathematical astronomy or cosmology may be of interest.
- Anaxagoras
- Archimedes
- Archytas
- Aristaeus
- Aristillus
- Conon of Samos
- Democritus
- Empedocles
- Heraclides Ponticus
- Hicetas
- Hippocrates of Chios
- Macrobius
- Martianus Capella
- Menelaus of Alexandria (Menelaus theorem)
- Meton of Athens
- Parmenides
- Porphyry
- Posidonius
- Proclus
- Thales
- Theodosius of Bithynia
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