Dante and the Early Astronomers

Albertus Magnus Alfraganus Almagest Anaximander ancient appear Arab Aratus Aries Aristotle astrologers astronomy Babylonian Beatrice bright Brunetto Brunetto Latini Canz celestial celestial equator centre century ciel circle constellations Conv Convivio Dante Dante's dawn described distance diurnal diurnal motion Divine Comedy earth east eccentric eclipses epicycle equator equinox Eudoxus fire Gemini globe Greeks heaven heavenly bodies hemisphere Hipparchus horizon Inferno Jerusalem Jupiter Latin latitude Libra light Longfellow Mars means mentioned Mercury meridian month moon moon's morning motion mountain movements moving night observations Paradise passage period Pisces planets Pleiades poet pole position precession Ptolemy Ptolemy's Purg Purgatory Pythagoreans Quæstio quoted revolution revolving rise Ristoro round Saturn says Scorpio seems seen shadow shining skies southern sphere star-sphere stars stelle sun and moon sun's sunrise sunset theory thought universe Venus Virgil visible whole xxiii zodiac