Hicetas
Pythagorean philosopher who held that the Earth rotates.
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Hicetas was a Greek philosopher of the Pythagorean School, born in Syracuse. He is noted for arguing that the apparent daily motion of the stars results from the Earth rotating on its axis. Nicolaus Copernicus later cited him as an ancient authority for Earth's motion.
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- Born
- c. 400 BC
- Died
- c. 335 BC
- Birthplace
- Syracuse, Magna Graecia
- School
- Pythagorean School
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