Of the two methods of expression Hipparchus ultimately preferred the second. From Wordnik.com. [Kepler]
Concepts akin to those deployed in Philoponus 'impetus theory appear in earlier writers such as Hipparchus (2nd c. From Wordnik.com. [John Philoponus] Reference
Hippias, and not Hipparchus, as is vulgarly believed. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
Homer and Attalus mention six; Hipparchus and Aratus seven. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Pisistratus, Hippias and Hipparchus, succeeded to his power. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Hipparchus, having insulted a young noble, was assassinated. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Solicited without success by Hipparchus, son of Pisistratus. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
Hipparchus of Bithynia, an astronomer of the 2nd century B.C. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
Asclepiades, the son of Hipparchus, brought the first tidings of. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans] Reference
Hipparchus is named, but five of Hippias who were born to him of. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
Hippias and Hipparchus, and two by his Argive consort, Iophon and. From Wordnik.com. [The Athenian Constitution] Reference
Hipparchus and Thessalus were his brothers; and that Harmodius and. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
Hipparchus reckoned the twenty-four hours from midnight to midnight. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Mathematics, and Hipparchus of Alexandria was the father of Astronomy. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
Hipparchus, the parallactic rules of Ptolemy, Regimontanus Purbach, and. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885] Reference
Sure, you and I both know that Hipparchus is the father of trigonometry. From Wordnik.com. [Greg Gutfeld: SARAH PALIN'S MURDEROUS WEB OF DEATH] Reference
Slow, small, and lightly gunned, it was the local supply freighter, Hipparchus. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Lensman]
Only Hipparchus was killed, and the sole tyranny of Hippias grew more oppressive. From Wordnik.com. [514] Reference
Upon Peisistratus's death, his sons Hippias and Hipparchus succeeded to the tyranny. From Wordnik.com. [d. Athens] Reference
Modern astronomy is the natural continuation and development of the work of Hipparchus and of. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
Consider this: back on the Hipparchus I reported Tong being delirious and mentioning a 'wood house. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Lensman]
The next astronomer of eminence after Hipparchus was PTOLEMY (130 A.D.), who resided at Alexandria. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
When Hipparchus found his advances repelled by Harmodius he carried out his intention of insulting him. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
And when he was unable to do that, Hipparchus would not pay down his silver, until he could make further inquiry. From Wordnik.com. [The Inhumanity of Socialism] Reference
It was the sad fate which made Hipparchus famous that got him also the credit with posterity of having been tyrant. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
And, in fact, none ever afterwards suffered this sort of punishment, but Hyperbolus was the last, as Hipparchus the. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans] Reference
Hipparchus made an attempt to gain the affections of Harmodius, but he would not listen to him, and told Aristogiton. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
Hipparchus by reason of his violent end became famous, and obtained in after ages the reputation of having been the tyrant. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
The first known ostracism was conducted, that of Hipparchus, a relative of the tyrant, who was suspected of being pro-Persian. From Wordnik.com. [c. The Rise of the Athenian Empire] Reference
Hipparchus near the Leocoreum while he was engaged in arranging the procession, but ruined the design as a whole; of the two leaders. From Wordnik.com. [The Athenian Constitution] Reference
“But if it offend you,” he added, “you have got my freedman, Hipparchus, with you; hang him up and scourge him to make us even.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans] Reference
The next day, we all, meeting at the house of Phidias, fell to debating whether Hippocrates owned the land and could sell it to Hipparchus. From Wordnik.com. [The Inhumanity of Socialism] Reference
Hipparchus by the Leocorium recklessly fell upon him at once, infuriated, Aristogiton by love, and Harmodius by insult, and smote him and slew him. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
Hipparchus, but five of Hippias, which he had by Myrrhine, daughter of Callias, son of Hyperechides; and naturally the eldest would have married first. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
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