Hipparchus on the ratio of longest day to shortest night in Eudoxus, Aratus and Attalus: Part II: The error
Title | Hipparchus on the ratio of longest day to shortest night in Eudoxus, Aratus and Attalus: Part II: The error |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Authors | Bodnár, I. |
Journal title | Polanyiana |
Year | 2021 |
Pages | 6-19 |
Volume | 30 |
Issue | 1 |
Abstract | As the title indicates, this is a sequel, or indeed, a correction to a paper, "Hipparchus on the ratio of longest day to shortest night in Eudoxus, Aratus and Attalus (In Arati et Eudoxi Phaenomena I.3.10)", which appeared as a contribution to the Festschrift to Professor László Török. That paper argued for a conjecture of Otto Neugebauer, who suggested that in Hipparchus‘ report about the two different values for the ratio of longest day to shortest night in two different works of Eudoxus – 5 : 3 in the Mirror (Enoptron) and 12 : 7 in the Phaenomena – the latter value should be emended to 11 : 7. In this I argued against Alan Bowen and Bernard Goldstein, who defended the transmitted value. |
ISSN | 1215-6582 |
Language | English |
Publisher link | https://polanyiana.org/articles/polanyiana-2021-1-30_istvn-m-bodnr-hipparchus-on-the-ratio-of-longest-day-to-shortest-night-in-eudoxus-aratus-and-attalus.pdf |