History. English trans, by Beloe, 1791 and 1806. Trans, by Canon Rawlinson, London, 1858-1860. Hipparchus. See vol. i., p. 233.
The only work of Hipparchus which has survived was published first by Vittorius at Florence, 1567. Hippocrates. See vol. i., p. 170.
Numerous editions have been published of the Hippo-cratic writings, including many works not written by the master himself. One of the best editions is that of Littré, Paris, 1839, etc.
This famous inscription is on a block of black diorite nearly eight feet in height. It was discovered at Susa by the French expedition under M. de Morgan in December, 1901.
Pliny (Caius Plinius Secundus). See vol. i., p. 265.
His Natural History is available in several English editions and reprints. Perhaps the best edition of the original text is the one published by Julius Sillig, 5 vols., Leipzig, 1854-1859. Plutarch. See vol. i., p. 198.
Life of Marcellus, in Parallel Lives. In this the mechanical inventions of Archimedes are described. Polybius. See vol. i., p. 201.
In his Histories Polybius describes the mechanical contrivances and war-engines of Archimedes, and also gives an account of his death. Ptolbmy (Claudius Ptolemaeus). See vol. i., p. 269.
Geographia (or Almagest of the Arabs). The edition published by Nobbe, in 3 vols., Leipzig, 1842, was one of the best complete editions of the Greek text. The edition published in Didot's Bibliotheca Classicorum Grocorum, Paris, 1883, is excellent. Earlier editions contain many errors.
The Geography of Strabo. Trans, by H. C. Hamilton and W. Falconer, 3 vols., London, 1857. There are several other editions of Strabo's work available in English.
Apologeticus. Theophrastus. See vol. i., p. 188.
Utpivlaroplas, On the History of Plants. Written in 10 books. This is one of the earliest works on botany which have come to us. It was largely used by Pliny. In complete works, Schneider, Leipzig, 1818-1821, 5 vols. On Plants, edited by Wimmer, Breslau, 247
1842-1862. On Plants, edited by Slackhouse, Oxford, 1814. atria, On the Causes of Plants, This was originally in 8 books, of which 6 are now existant. Bibliog. vid. History of Plants.
Albategnius, Mohammed bbn Jabir. See vol. ii., p. 15.
The original MS. of his principal work, Zidje Sabt, is in the Vatican. A Latin translation was first published by Plato Tiburtinus at Nuremberg, in 1537, under the title De scientia stellarunt. Various reprints of this have been made. Albertus Magnus. See vol. ii., p. 127.