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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