From Science to Sophistry: The Path of the Sun, the Shape of the World, and the Place of Athens in the Cosmos

Meton's sundial erected above the Pnyx assembly place in Athens brought a traditional symbol of cosmic centering to Athens according to a flat-earth theory of the cosmos. Meton's solar and calendric observations were examples of progress in observational science and sophistic display in 5th-century Athens.

Physis and Nomos: Power, Justice and the Agonistical Ideal of Life in High Classicism. Proceedings of the Symposium Philosophiae Antiquae Quartum Atheniense, July 4-12 2004, pp. 111-133. A. Pierris editor

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Work Title From Science to Sophistry: The Path of the Sun, the Shape of the World, and the Place of Athens in the Cosmos
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  1. Mark Munn
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  1. Athens
  2. Meton
  3. Sundial
  4. Calendar
  5. Cosmos
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  1. Institut of Philosophical Research, Patras, David Brown Books
Publication Date 2007
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  1. Ancient Greek scinece and philosophy
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    • Meton's sundial erected above the Pnyx assembly place in Athens brought a traditional symbol of cosmic centering to Athens according to a flat-earth theory of the cosmos. Meton's solar and calendric observations were examples of progress in observational science and sophistic display in 5th-century Athens.
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    • Physis and Nomos: Power, Justice and the Agonistical Ideal of Life in High Classicism. Proceedings of the Symposium Philosophiae Antiquae Quartum Atheniense, July 4-12 2004, pp. 111-133
    Description
    • Meton's sundial erected above the Pnyx assembly place in Athens brought a traditional symbol of cosmic centering to Athens according to a flat-earth theory of the cosmos. Meton's solar and calendric observations were examples of progress in observational science and sophistic display in 5th-century Athens.
    • Meton's sundial erected above the Pnyx assembly place in Athens brought a traditional symbol of cosmic centering to Athens according to a flat-earth theory of the cosmos. Meton's solar and calendric observations were examples of progress in observational science and sophistic display in 5th-century Athens.
    • Physis and Nomos: Power, Justice and the Agonistical Ideal of Life in High Classicism. Proceedings of the Symposium Philosophiae Antiquae Quartum Atheniense, July 4-12 2004, pp. 111-133. A. Pierris editor
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    • A. Pierris editor