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GERASA (Ancient city) JORDAN
60 - 120
(Nikomachos). Of Gerasa, in Arabia, a follower of the Pythagorean
philosophy, about A.D. 150. He composed an introduction to mathematics in two
books and a hand-book on harmony, of which only the first book is preserved entire,
the second consisting of two fragments, which cannot be said, with certainty,
to come from Nicomachus. The first-mentioned work gives valuable information as
regards the arithmetic of the Greeks in earlier times. It was translated into
Latin by Boetius, and has been edited by Hoche (1863). The musical work was edited
by Meibomius (Amst. 1652).
This text is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Nov 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Nicomachus : Various WebPages
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