KnowraAncient Greek astronomyLinked fromLinked fromThe 26 pages that link to Ancient Greek astronomy, each with the reason it gives.All 26Broader topic 1Related 9Narrower topic 15Compared with 1HipparchusNarrower topic: Hipparchus's mathematical astronomy grew within this intellectual tradition.AlmagestNarrower topic: The Almagest systematizes a long tradition of Greek mathematical astronomy.Aristotelian cosmologyNarrower topic: Aristotle’s account drew on an astronomical tradition that modeled regular planetary and stellar motions.Retrograde motionNarrower topic: Greek astronomers developed influential geometric accounts of planetary reversals.GeocentrismNarrower topic: Geocentrism emerged within this tradition of geometrical models and systematic observation.InstrumentalismNarrower topic: Astronomical models were sometimes treated as calculation devices without claims about physical reality.Claudius PtolemyNarrower topic: Ptolemy inherited its geometrical methods and accumulated planetary observations.EquantNarrower topic: The equant emerged within Greek efforts to model planetary appearances geometrically.Armillary sphereNarrower topic: Greek astronomy developed geometric models that informed early armillary instruments.Aristarchus of SamosNarrower topic: Aristarchus worked within a tradition that sought mathematical explanations for the heavens.GnomonNarrower topic: Greek astronomers used gnomons to measure solar motion and develop geometrical accounts of the heavens.ZodiacNarrower topic: Greek astronomers adopted and formalized the zodiac as a coordinate framework.Theon of AlexandriaNarrower topic: Theon’s astronomical commentaries contributed to the teaching of this broader discipline.Piscis AustrinusNarrower topic: The constellation’s familiar Western description was transmitted through this tradition.Corona AustralisNarrower topic: The constellation’s traditional name and catalogued form come through this astronomical tradition.