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and worked closely with this astronomer. Little is known of his work apart from his partnership with Meton and what is mentioned by
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and Ptolemy quote him as a source on the rising and setting of the stars.
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Index

Euctemon (crater)
Greek
Athenian
astronomer
Meton
Ptolemy
solstices
Geminus
Pausanias
lunar crater
Euctemon
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
Springer Publishing
ISBN
978-0-387-31022-0
"Pausanias 7. 1 - 17"
Imago Mundi: Euctemon
The Ancient Library
Greek Astronomy
Archived
Wayback Machine
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Ancient Greek astronomy
Astronomers
Aglaonice
Agrippa
Anaximander
Andronicus

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