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Autolycus

, a philosopher who flourished about 340 years before the Christian oera. He was the preceptor of Arcesilas, the son of Seuthes. He wrote several treatises on astronomy, of which Joseph Auria, of Naples, translated into Latin the only ones extant, on the sphere, and the stars. 3

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Moreri. -—Vossius de Math. c. 33. 14. p. 154. Fabric. Bibl. Graec. —Saxii Onomast.

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