title: The Spiral Movement of the Sun on an Imaginary Cylinder According to Empedocles and Anaximander
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metadata.value: Couprie, Dirk L.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-09-09T09:39:13Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-09-09T09:39:13Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Dirk L.Couprie. The Spiral Movement of the Sun on an Imaginary Cylinder According to Empedocles and Anaximander. Philologia Classica 2020, 15 (1), 4–24.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2020.101
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/19317
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: This article discusses an intriguing text  in Stobaeus’ Ecl. 1.25.3i about the sun’s movement
  as a spiral on a cylinder. The author offers an interpretation of this text and argue that it is
  about Empedocles’ conception of the solar trajectory during the year. After a preliminary attempt, an interlude is inserted on some strange theories, ascribed to Empedocles, about the
  two hemispheres of the heaven and two suns. Two of the more reliable theories attributed
  to Empedocles that are relevant in the context of this paper, namely the tilting and the eggshape of the heaven, as well as the problems of the size of the sun and the shape of the earth,
  are discussed in successive sections. This allows the author to illustrate some of his ideas on
  Presocratic flat earth cosmology. Prior to offering a visualization of the cosmos according to
  Empedocles, Bollack’s earlier attempt is subjected to a critical examination. In two additional
  sections of the article, the author claims that, according to Empedocles, the moon must move
  on a cylinder as well and that the image of the cylinder for movements of the sun and moon
  dates back to Anaximander.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 15; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Empedocles
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Anaximander
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Presocratics
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: cosmology
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Sun (movement of)
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: cylinder
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: spiral
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Spiral Movement of the Sun on an Imaginary Cylinder According to Empedocles and Anaximander
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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