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title: Fragments on Astronomy
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἀστρονομίας
author: Cleostratus of Tenedos
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# Fragments on Astronomy

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἀστρονομίας*

**Author:** Cleostratus of Tenedos

**eul_wid:** `bdq-ab` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/cleostratus-tenedos-astronomy-fragments-bdq-ab)

## Text

### 1275 002.1

SCHOL. EURIP. Rhes. 528 ὁ μὲν οὖν Παρμενίσκος ‘ πρῶτα σημεῖα ‘ φησὶ λέγεσθαι τὰς τοῦ σκορπίου πρώτας μοίρας διὰ τὸ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρχαίων οὕτως αὐτὰς λέγεσθαι, διότι ταύταις ὁ Βοώτης ἅμα ἄρχεται καταδύεσθαι. Κλεόστρατον γοῦν τὸν Τενέδιον ἀρχαῖον 〈ὄντα ἀστρολόγον εἰπεῖν〉 οὕτως· ἀλ λ ’ ὁπόταν τρίτον ἦμαρ ἐ π ’ ὀγδώκοντα μένηισι 〈Ἀρκτοφύλαξ φαίνω ν , τότε δὴ σημήϊα πρῶτα〉 σκορπίου εἰς ἅλα πίπτει ἅ μ ’ ἠοῖ φαινομένηφ ι.

### 1275 002.2

PLIN. h. nat. II 31 signa deinde (traditur intellexisse) in eo Cl., et prima arietis ac sagittari i .

### 1275 002.3

HYGIN. astron. II 13 haedos Cl. Tenedius dicitur primus inter sidera ostendisse.

### 1275 002.4

CENSOR. 18, 5 hanc octaëteridam vulgo creditum est ab Eudoxo Cnidio institutam, sed hanc Cleostratum Tenedium primum ferunt composuisse et postea alios aliter qui mensibus varie intercalandis suas octaëteridas protulerunt, ut fecit Harpalus, Nauteles, Menestratus, item alii .

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