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ptolemynoun	Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90 – c. 168 AD), a Greek-speaking mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer who lived in the Hellenistic culture of Alexandria in Roman Egypt. His most important works were the Almagest and the Geography
alphonsinnoun	A set of astronomical tables compiled in A.D. 1252.
ptolemaistnoun	(historical) Someone who accepts the astronomical system of Ptolemy.
eratosthenesnoun	An Ancient Greek polymath at Alexandria, best known for his studies of geography.
hermesiannoun	Pertaining to the Greek god Hermes.
pythagorean systemnoun	The Copernican system of astronomy, erroneously attributed to Pythagoras.
sudanoun	A comprehensive 10th-century Byzantine encyclopaedia, written in Greek, containing approximately 30,000 entries on historical, biographical, literary, and lexical topics from the ancient Mediterranean world.
ptolemiesnoun	The Ptolemaic dynasty.
ptolemaisnoun	Former name of Ptolemaida.
alcmaeonidnoun	(historical) A member of the Alcmaeonidae (Ἀλκμαιωνίδαι), a powerful noble family of ancient Athens who claimed descent from the mythological Alcmaeon.
onomasticonnoun	A book, list, or vocabulary of names, especially of people.
armariusnoun	The librarian in a medieval monastery, who kept, repaired and catalogued its manuscripts and books.
galennoun	A doctor
archimedesnoun	A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs), notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer (c. 287–212 BCE).
codexnoun	A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
archimedeannoun	Of or pertaining to Archimedes.
ormulumnoun	(historical, literature) A twelfth-century work of biblical exegesis, whose author is a monk named Orm.
alexandrianismnoun	The culture (of literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences) that developed in Alexandria, Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
mouseionnoun	(historical) An ancient institution said to have been founded by Ptolemy I Soter as a place for music, poetry and philosophy, including the Library of Alexandria.
menologiumnoun	A calendar of the days of the month or of all the days of the year divided by month, particularly as a table of information divided in this way and