Precession of the equinox in relation to the distant stars — Photo Credit: By Dbachmann - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6394235
The Death of Socrates — By Jacques-Louis David (1787) Photo Credit: https://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/436105, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28552
Anaximander — Cropped from Raphael's The School of Athens: This could be Anaximander leaning towards Pythagoras on his left. Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=359314
Anaximander
Cropped from Raphael's The School of Athens: This could be Anaximander leaning towards Pythagoras on his left.
Plato — Plato. Luni marble, copy of the portrait made by Silanion ca. 370 BC for the Academia in Athens. From the sacred area in Largo Argentina. Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7831217
Plato
Plato. Luni marble, copy of the portrait made by Silanion ca. 370 BC for the Academia in Athens. From the sacred area in Largo Argentina.
Plato in his academy — drawing after a painting by Swedish painter Carl Johan Wahlbom Photo Credit: By After Carl Wahlbom - http://runeberg.org/famijour/1879/0077.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=122598
Plato in his academy
drawing after a painting by Swedish painter Carl Johan Wahlbom
1578 Stephanus edition of Plato — Volume 3, pp. 32–33, of the 1578 Stephanus edition of Plato, showing a passage of Timaeus with the Latin translation and notes of Jean de Serres Photo Credit: By Henri Estienne - http://www.library.uiuc.edu/rbx/exhibitions/Plato/Pages/TranslationsLabels.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5542047
1578 Stephanus edition of Plato
Volume 3, pp. 32–33, of the 1578 Stephanus edition of Plato, showing a passage of Timaeus with the Latin translation and notes of Jean de Serres
Latin Timaeus translation — Medieval manuscript of Calcidius' Latin translation of Plato's Timaeus. In the late sixteenth century, this manuscript belonged to Leiden University professor Daniel Heinsius who gave it to his son Nicholas. Nicholas, whose signature appears on the manuscript, was the librarian of Queen Christina of Sweden, whose collection came to the Vatican Library after her death. Photo Credit: By Calcidius - ibiblio.org (Reg. lat. 1308 fols. 21 verso - 22 recto), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2528778
Latin Timaeus translation
Medieval manuscript of Calcidius' Latin translation of Plato's Timaeus. In the late sixteenth century, this manuscript belonged to Leiden University professor Daniel Heinsius who gave it to his son Nicholas. Nicholas, whose signature appears on the manuscript, was the librarian of Queen Christina of Sweden, whose collection came to the Vatican Library after her death.
Intercept Theorem — Also called Thales' theorem, or the Basic Proportionality Theorem, describes the ratios of line segments created when intersecting lines are intercepted by a pair of parallels. Photo Credit:
Intercept Theorem
Also called Thales' theorem, or the Basic Proportionality Theorem, describes the ratios of line segments created when intersecting lines are intercepted by a pair of parallels.
Thales's Theorem — If AC is a diameter, then the angle at B is a right angle. Photo Credit:
Thales's Theorem
If AC is a diameter, then the angle at B is a right angle.
Plan of Milet in the Classical period — Large and wealthy Ionian city, it's grid layout became famous - demonstrating the ethos of the period - and served as the basis for Roman cities. Photo Credit: By Hippodamos - Den svenska staden, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8277556
Plan of Milet in the Classical period
Large and wealthy Ionian city, it's grid layout became famous - demonstrating the ethos of the period - and served as the basis for Roman cities.
Turkey circa 600 BC — Photo Credit: By Kmhkmh - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60709737