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Headword:
Hêliotropion
Adler number: eta,241
Translated headword: sundial
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a] clock.[1]
A gnomon is what is fixed in sun-dials; [it is] what
Anaximander invented and set up on the shadow-clocks.[2]
Greek Original:Hêliotropion: hôrologeion. hoti gnômôn esti to en tois hêliotropiois pêgnumenon, hoper epheuren Anaximandros kai estêsen epi tôn skiothêrôn.
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Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; philosophy; science and technology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 23 July 2006@22:42:14.
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