Callimachus, Conon and Ptolemy: an Alexandrian epigram between geography and astronomy

Abstract A neglected, anonymous and undated epigram on the world map of Ptolemy’s Geography , here critically edited for the first time on the basis of all existing manuscripts, proves a rare case of reception of Callimachus’ Lock of Berenice , with an emphasis on the bonds between geography and astronomy, and with so-called ‘geographical astrology’. It may stem from Late Antique Alexandria.

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The Journal of Hellenic Studies
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2024-10-04
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https://doi.org/10.1017/s0075426924000193
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Historical Astronomy and Related Studies
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Callimachus, Conon and Ptolemy: an Alexandrian epigram between geography and astronomy

Filippomaria Pontani
The Journal of Hellenic Studies
Historical Astronomy and Related Studies
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Callimachus, Conon and Ptolemy: an Alexandrian epigram between geography and astronomy

Filippomaria Pontani
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Abstract A neglected, anonymous and undated epigram on the world map of Ptolemy’s Geography , here critically edited for the first time on the basis of all existing manuscripts, proves a rare case of reception of Callimachus’ Lock of Berenice , with an emphasis on the bonds between geography and astronomy, and with so-called ‘geographical astrology’. It may stem from Late Antique Alexandria.

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