Perga or Perge (Hittite: Parha, Greek: Πέργη Perge, Turkish: Perge) was originally an ancient Lycian settlement that later became a Greek city in Pamphylia...

Apollonius of Perga (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Περγαῖος Apollṓnios ho Pergaîos; c. 240 BC – c. 190 BC) was an ancient Greek geometer and astronomer...

Conon of Perga was a martyr saint of the Roman Empire. The Orthodox church refers to him as Conon the gardener, and has a feast day for him on March 5...

tangent to another three. It is named after Greek mathematician Apollonius of Perga. The construction of the Apollonian gasket starts with three circles C 1...

Plancia Magna (Greek: Πλανκία Μαγνά) was a prominent woman of Perga in the Roman province of Lycia et Pamphylia who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries...

philosopher (4th century BC) Apollonius of Perga, astronomer, mathematician (c. 262 - c. 190 BC) Artemidorus of Perga, proxenos in Oropos (c. 240 -180 BC) Aetos...

mathematicians studied conic sections, culminating around 200 BC with Apollonius of Perga's systematic work on their properties. The conic sections in the Euclidean...

nearby ancient cities such as Patara, Xanthos and Myra in the Lycia region; Perga, Aspendos and Side in Pamphylia; and Sagalassos, Antioch and Termessos in...

Hippocrates of Chios, Thales and Theaetetus. With Archimedes and Apollonius of Perga, Euclid is generally considered among the greatest mathematicians of antiquity...

The spitfire sawfly (Perga affinis) is a species of hymenopteran insect in the family Pergidae. It is found in Australia and grows to 22 mm (0.87 in)...

minister. Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. And Barnabas...

"together" + πτωτ-ός "fallen". The term was introduced by Apollonius of Perga in his work on conic sections, but in contrast to its modern meaning, he...

must make gain of what he learns." The Greek mathematician Apollonius of Perga was asked about the usefulness of some of his theorems in Book IV of Conics...

before processing, though some recyclers only recycle the cardboard fibers. Perga cartons entered production in 1932 as a leak-proof can during World War...

The theorem is named for the ancient Greek mathematician Apollonius of Perga. In any triangle A B C , {\displaystyle ABC,} if A D {\displaystyle AD}...

notable achievements of Greek mathematics are conic sections (Apollonius of Perga, 3rd century BC), trigonometry (Hipparchus of Nicaea, 2nd century BC), and...

The name, ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, "omission"), was given by Apollonius of Perga in his Conics. An ellipse can be defined geometrically as a set or locus...

the Taurus Mountains, through the Climax Pass (now Döşeme Boğazı) down to Perga on the coast. The Roman colonia of Comama and Apollonia lay along its route...

Pentapolis Pentateuch Pentecost Penuel Peor Perazim Peresh Perez Perez-Uzza Perga Pergamos Perida Perizzites Persia Persis Peruda Peter Pethahiah Pethuel...

Padyandus Palaeopolis Panemotichus Panhormus Pargais Parlais Patara Pednelissus Perga Perminounda Phaselis Phellus Philadelphia in Cilicia Philaea Phoenicus Phoenix...

variation in the distance between the earth and the moon. Apollonius of Perga (c. 240 BCE – c. 190 BCE) responded to the problems in earlier astronomical...

was first proposed by Apollonius of Perga at the end of the 3rd century BC. It was developed by Apollonius of Perga and Hipparchus of Rhodes, who used...

Euclid's masterpiece. For example, Archimedes of Syracuse and Apollonius of Perga, the greatest mathematicians of their time, received their training from...

in the 1st century in the Roman Empire. Bryonianus originally came from Perga, the capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia. Bryonianus could have been...

offices of priestess of the Goddess Artemis in Perga. Artemis was the most important Goddess in Perga. Aquilus with Paulina shared the title of as priest...

temple of the Ancient Greek Goddess Artemis in Perga. Artemis was the most important Goddess in Perga. Julia bore Varus two children who were: Son, Gaius...

the basis for bipolar coordinates. They were discovered by Apollonius of Perga, a renowned Greek geometer. The Apollonian circles are defined in two different...

with nodus the arachne (spiderweb) of Eudoxus of Cnidus or Apollonius of Perga: half a circular equatorial dial with nodus the plinthium or lacunar of...

"Apollonius of Perga" p. 145) (Boyer 1991, "Apollonius of Perga" p. 146) (Boyer 1991, "Apollonius of Perga" p. 152) (Boyer 1991, "Apollonius of Perga" p. 156)...

elegant modern proofs of two classical theorems known to Apollonius of Perga. The first theorem is that a closed conic section (i.e. an ellipse) is the...