Paul T Keyser
Biographic Data
| ID | 1111522 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul T Keyser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul T |
| FAMILY NAME | Keyser |
| SIGNATURE | KEYSER P T |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1 Google, Inc. Chicago il USA [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 47 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 45 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Traduttore – Seduttore; or, Fruitful Translation Seeks the Sense
Cet article aborde le problème de la traduction des textes relevant de pratiques scientifiques anciennes. Il souhaite montrer qu’il est possible aux traducteurs de comprendre et de rendre fidèlement le sens de ces textes. Il leur suffit pour cela d’aborder le texte avec un véritable intérêt pour son contenu comme pour le contexte culturel dont il est issu, grâce à des analyses privilégiant l’emploi de données émiques (catégories d’acteurs). Donne…
Diyllos (Diyllus) of Athens
Diyllos was an Athenian who wrote a now‐lost history of Greece, Macedon, and Persia, covering the last half of the fourth century bce .
Recovering a Late-Antique Edition of Pliny’s Natural History
Science, Greek
Everyone seeks to know their world, hence every culture practices science in some form. In antiquity, several cultures are known to have produced significant science: China, India, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece. The disputatious character of Greek culture drove it to greater activity in science than most cultures; this entry focuses on Ancient Greek science. “Science” cannot categorically be distinguished from other activities such as philosophy…
Oxford Handbook of Science and Medicine in the Classical World
Hellenistic Mathematics
The article analyses the forms and texts of Hellenistic mathematics. Three stylistic codes were employed in these texts, each related to a specific mathematical content: the demonstrative, the procedural, and the algorithmic code. Greek mathematical works, such as those by Apollonius of Perge, were not diffused through official channels, and instead were usually sent to some addressee, and were frequently preceded by a prefatory epistle, so each …
Being, Humanity, and Understanding: Studies in Ancient and Modern Societies
This volume is the latest, and worthy, installment in Lloyd's long project, in progress since his Magic, Reason and Experience [1979] or even his Polarity and Analogy [1966], to understand ancient mentalities, especially in the realm of natural science. The five chapters of this slim volume engage their material and the reader with verve and vigor, and deepen Lloyd's work in confronting ancient mentalities, particularly Greek and Chinese. 1 In th…
Mineral Medicine in Apion of Oasis according to Pliny and Galen
There are hints in Pliny that the grammarian Apion wrote a work of pharmacy, but the evidence in Pliny is tenuous and somewhat contradictory, and some has even been emended away. Apion is rarely considered a pharmacist, although there are parallels of grammarians—contemporary with Apion—who wrote on pharmacy. Moreover, three overlooked passages provide a much stronger case for pharmaceutical work by Apion. The surviving recipes prescribe mineral-…
Diyllos of Athens
Diyllos was an Athenian historian ( FGrH 73), likely an important source for Diodorus of Sicily. He was a demesman of Thymaitadai, whose father Phanodemos and grandfather Diyllos were atthidographers ( FGrH 325T2–5); his name, though archaic (Paus. 10.13.7) is especially Athenian ( Lexicon of Greek Personal N ames ). He was a bouleut ē s in 303/2 BCE ), thus was born before 333/2, probably ca. 345.
Eratosthenes’ Geography: Fragments Collected and Translated with Commentary and Additional Material (review)
Reviewed by: Eratosthenes' Geography: Fragments Collected and Translated with Commentary and Additional Material Paul T. Keyser Duane W. Roller (tr.). Eratosthenes' Geography: Fragments Collected and Translated with Commentary and Additional Material. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010. Pp. xiv, 304. $49.50. ISBN 978-0-691-14267-8. Long desired, gladly welcomed, Roller's presentation of the fragments of Eratosthenes' lost Geographika pro…
Science
It is most peculiar that there should be any such thing as Roman science, if by ancient science we mean the sort of thing Greeks did. The genius of Greek science is precisely its weak binding to specifically Greek tradition – making it more readily assimilated by other cultures. There is, however, almost no ancient analogue for assimilators of Greek science who created works of science in a language other than Greek. The genius of the Roman assim…
T
Tacitus Þ P. Cornelius
M
Mac- Þ Mak
W
Persian astrologer, active during the kingdom of Xusraw I (531–579), generally identified with the famous vizir, son of Bōxtag, of the same Sasanian ŝāh, an association debated by scholars ( cf. Burzōy) . According to Arabic sources, Wuzurgmihr (also Buzurĵmihr and other spellings) translated Vettius. Valens .&s; Anthologies into Pahlavi, augmenting the Greek with Indian and Iranian sources concerning katarkhic and interrogative astrology, “conti…
K
Author of a poem about fishing ( Halieutika), lived before Oppianus of Kilikia (Ath., Deipn . 1 [13b] and Souda K-1596). His name is uncertain: Athēnaios&s; MSS have Kaiklon, while Souda calls him Kikilios . On this basis, Birt conjectured Kikinos and Meineke, more plausibly, Kaikalos .
Z
Babylonian physician, possibly Jewish. Pliny (37.169) cites his views about the medicinal and magical qualities of precious stones, noting that his books were dedicated to “King Mithradates” (probably Mithradatēs VI). Our Zakhalias may be identical to the otherwise unattested “Zalakhthes” in the summary of Arkhigenēs&s; comments on amulets for epilepsy preserved by Alexander of Tralleis (1.567 Puschm.); “Zalakhthes” is there credited with knowled…
S
Author of a book on gardening ( Kepourika) which he dedicated to Maecenas. In it he stated that rue, savory, mint, and basil were harmed by contact with iron (Pliny 19.177).
E
Wrote a poem De Rerum Natura in at least three books, of which Magrobius ( Sat . 6.5.2, 12) preserves two very short passages: in fr . 1 Blänsdorf, Egnatius speaks about metal working, and in fr . 2, he describes the Moon (Phoebē) setting or disappearing at dawn. Egnatius lived between Accius and Vergil (150–50 bce ), and probably was a contemporary of Lucretius . Bergk and Baehrens identified him with the Egnatius Celtiber mentioned by Catullus …
F
Faber ⇒ Tektōn
O
Early Pythagorean ( Iamblikhos V.Pyth. 267) under whose name is preserved an apocryphal treatise deeply influenced by Peripatetic doctrines: the universe is eternal, indestructible and ungenerated; it undergoes no change, by remaining always identical with itself. The whole divides into a celestial or superlunary region, which, inhabited by divinities, is in perpetual motion and governs the constantly changing sublunary realm, inhabited by mortal…
Q
Andromakhos in Alēn , CMGen 7.13 (13.1034 K.), records Quadratus&s; akopon , of a baker&s;s dozen ingredients. The cognomen is recorded from the late Republic – MRR 1.196 (L. Ninnius, tr. pl. 58 bce) , 2.239=3.224, and plausibly restored in LGPN 2.271 –and later, e.g., Tacitus , Ann. 6.7 and PIR2 I-507.
Y
Anonymous author in 149/150 ce . of a Sanskrit prose translation of an unidentified Greek (probably Alexandrian) text on horoscopy a translation known only from the surviving Sanskrit verse version Yavanajātaka composed by Sphujidhvaja . in 269/270. The title Yavaneāvara then meant literally “lord of the Greeks,” evidently a high position among the Greek residents of western India under the western Kṣatrapa rulers in the Śaka or Skuthian dominion…
C
C- Þ K
X
Andromakhos in Galen, CMLoc 9.6 (13.311 K.), records the “very useful” X hedrike, composed of beeswax, butter, goose-fat, deer-marrow, a little rose-water, etc. The name, otherwise unattested, may be a brand-name, a distortion of Azanitēs, Podanitēs, or else emendable to Naxitēs ( cf. Nexarēs), a remedy from Naxos ( cf. Naukratitēs).
P
Paccius ⇒ Antiokhos
Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists: The Greek Tradition and its Many Heirs
The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists is the first comprehensive English language work to provide a survey of all ancient natural science, from its beginnings through the end of Late Antiquity. A team of over 100 of the world's experts in the field have compiled this Encyclopedia, including entries which are not mentioned in any other reference work – resulting in a unique and hugely ambitious resource which will prove indispensable for …
(Un)natural Accounts in Herodotos and Thucydides
En considérant les abondants témoignages sur la manière par laquelle Hérodote et Thucydide analysaient les questions de science naturelle et les chiffres, nous jetons une nouvelle lumière sur la question entourant la pensée rationnelle de ces auteurs et la crédibilité que l’on doit leur accorder. Même si Thucydide emploie une rhétorique de la crédibilité, son examen des nombres et des phénomènes s’avère très traditionnel. Hérodote, en revanche, e…
Science
It is most peculiar that there should be any such thing as Roman science, if by ancient science we mean the sort of thing Greeks did. The genius of Greek science is precisely its weak binding to specifically Greek tradition – making it more readily assimilated by other cultures. There is, however, almost no ancient analogue for assimilators of Greek science who created works of science in a language other than Greek. The genius of the Roman assim…
The Purpose of the Parthian Galvanic Cells: A First-Century A. D. Electric Battery Used for Analgesia
On Cometary Theory and Typology From Nechepso-Petosiris Through Apuleius To Servius
In summary we have as follows, leaving aside here the complex and important cometary theories of the pre-socratics, Aristotle, and the Stoics. First, ca. 145-35 B.C.E. Nechepso-Petosiris wrote a book of astrology including a passage on cometary prognosis based on heavenly region of appearance. He (they?) assumed that comets were fiery (the standard theory of the era) without further ado. His view of comets seems to be that they appear in, move to…
Aristotle's Physics: A Guided Study. Joe Sachs
Cicero: De Re Publica: Selections
An Approach to Aristotle's Physics: With Particular Attention to the Role of His Manner of Writing. David Bolotin
Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era: A Sourcebook
The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World
This Companion volume offers fifteen original essays on the Hellenistic world and is intended to complement and supplement general histories of the period from Alexander the Great to Kleopatra VII of Egypt. Each chapter treats a different aspect of the Hellenistic world - religion, philosophy, family, economy, material culture, and military campaigns, among other topics. The essays address key questions about this period: To what extent were Alex…
(Un)natural Accounts in Herodotos and Thucydides
En considérant les abondants témoignages sur la manière par laquelle Hérodote et Thucydide analysaient les questions de science naturelle et les chiffres, nous jetons une nouvelle lumière sur la question entourant la pensée rationnelle de ces auteurs et la crédibilité que l’on doit leur accorder. Même si Thucydide emploie une rhétorique de la crédibilité, son examen des nombres et des phénomènes s’avère très traditionnel. Hérodote, en revanche, e…
T
Tacitus Þ P. Cornelius
M
Mac- Þ Mak
W
Persian astrologer, active during the kingdom of Xusraw I (531–579), generally identified with the famous vizir, son of Bōxtag, of the same Sasanian ŝāh, an association debated by scholars ( cf. Burzōy) . According to Arabic sources, Wuzurgmihr (also Buzurĵmihr and other spellings) translated Vettius. Valens .&s; Anthologies into Pahlavi, augmenting the Greek with Indian and Iranian sources concerning katarkhic and interrogative astrology, “conti…
K
Author of a poem about fishing ( Halieutika), lived before Oppianus of Kilikia (Ath., Deipn . 1 [13b] and Souda K-1596). His name is uncertain: Athēnaios&s; MSS have Kaiklon, while Souda calls him Kikilios . On this basis, Birt conjectured Kikinos and Meineke, more plausibly, Kaikalos .
Z
Babylonian physician, possibly Jewish. Pliny (37.169) cites his views about the medicinal and magical qualities of precious stones, noting that his books were dedicated to “King Mithradates” (probably Mithradatēs VI). Our Zakhalias may be identical to the otherwise unattested “Zalakhthes” in the summary of Arkhigenēs&s; comments on amulets for epilepsy preserved by Alexander of Tralleis (1.567 Puschm.); “Zalakhthes” is there credited with knowled…
S
Author of a book on gardening ( Kepourika) which he dedicated to Maecenas. In it he stated that rue, savory, mint, and basil were harmed by contact with iron (Pliny 19.177).
E
Wrote a poem De Rerum Natura in at least three books, of which Magrobius ( Sat . 6.5.2, 12) preserves two very short passages: in fr . 1 Blänsdorf, Egnatius speaks about metal working, and in fr . 2, he describes the Moon (Phoebē) setting or disappearing at dawn. Egnatius lived between Accius and Vergil (150–50 bce ), and probably was a contemporary of Lucretius . Bergk and Baehrens identified him with the Egnatius Celtiber mentioned by Catullus …
F
Faber ⇒ Tektōn
O
Early Pythagorean ( Iamblikhos V.Pyth. 267) under whose name is preserved an apocryphal treatise deeply influenced by Peripatetic doctrines: the universe is eternal, indestructible and ungenerated; it undergoes no change, by remaining always identical with itself. The whole divides into a celestial or superlunary region, which, inhabited by divinities, is in perpetual motion and governs the constantly changing sublunary realm, inhabited by mortal…
Q
Andromakhos in Alēn , CMGen 7.13 (13.1034 K.), records Quadratus&s; akopon , of a baker&s;s dozen ingredients. The cognomen is recorded from the late Republic – MRR 1.196 (L. Ninnius, tr. pl. 58 bce) , 2.239=3.224, and plausibly restored in LGPN 2.271 –and later, e.g., Tacitus , Ann. 6.7 and PIR2 I-507.
Y
Anonymous author in 149/150 ce . of a Sanskrit prose translation of an unidentified Greek (probably Alexandrian) text on horoscopy a translation known only from the surviving Sanskrit verse version Yavanajātaka composed by Sphujidhvaja . in 269/270. The title Yavaneāvara then meant literally “lord of the Greeks,” evidently a high position among the Greek residents of western India under the western Kṣatrapa rulers in the Śaka or Skuthian dominion…
C
C- Þ K
X
Andromakhos in Galen, CMLoc 9.6 (13.311 K.), records the “very useful” X hedrike, composed of beeswax, butter, goose-fat, deer-marrow, a little rose-water, etc. The name, otherwise unattested, may be a brand-name, a distortion of Azanitēs, Podanitēs, or else emendable to Naxitēs ( cf. Nexarēs), a remedy from Naxos ( cf. Naukratitēs).
P
Paccius ⇒ Antiokhos
I
Damaskios , Philosophical History 5.84 (pp. 206–213 Athan.), attests most fully to the political, intellectual, and medical prominence of Iakōbos “The Cooler” (from his habit of prescribing cold baths for a number of diseases) in the reign of Leo the Thrakian (457–474 ce ); the Souda (I-12, 13), John Malalas&s; Chronicle, Marcellinus&s; Chronicle, the Chronichon Pascale 284–628 AD, and Alexander of Tralleis add details regarding the remarkable ca…
R
Pliny records his advice that human milk benefits the bowels and serves as an emmena-gogue: 28.74 (note 1.ind.28). To be distinguished from Cicero &s;s two clients, and unlikely to be the epic poet contemporary with Ovid ( Ex Ponto 4.16.5; FLP 332); the name is not rare enough to identify him with the Epicurean Rabirius in Cicero, Acad. 1.5, much less the Rubrius of Pliny 29.7; cf. also LGPN 1.398, MRR 2.35, 2.273.
Note To Users
Entries whose inclusion in this work is doubtful have their lemma italic; entries with uncertain name have a “ (?)” suffixed.
Computer Science (21 works) · Philosophy (21 works) · Art (14 works) · Classics (14 works) · History (14 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (9 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (8 works) · Literature (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works)