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English translations of this work exist from another source language, but this specific text has never been translated.
The work 'Meteora' (also known as 'Caelestia' or 'Lectures on Astronomy') by Cleomedes was originally written in Greek. The 1605 edition by Balfour is a Latin translation of the Greek original. While a modern English translation exists (Bowen & Todd, 2004), it is a translation of the original Greek text, not a translation of the 1605 Latin text. Therefore, the Latin text itself has not been translated into English.
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Cleomedes delivers a rigorous look at the heavens that refuses to rely on mere observation. You will discover how ancient thinkers combined geometry with philosophy to map a spherical universe and debunk the errors of their rivals.