TY - JOUR

T1 - Theophrastus on wind

AU - Afonasin, Eugene

N1 - Афонасин Е.В. Теофраст о ветре // Schole. - 2020. - Т. 14. - № 1. - С. 215-225

PY - 2020/1/1

Y1 - 2020/1/1

N2 - Wind as a natural phenomenon, as well as the peculiarities of specific winds, such as Boreas, Notos, Eurus, and Zephyrus and their influences on navigation, agriculture and, in general, human live, are among the subjects, extensively treated by the Peripatetics. Winds are studied in Aristotle's Meteorology (1.13, 2.4 sq.), Book 26 of the Problems, the Peripatetic On signs and On the position and Names of the Wind, in an epitome of a meteorological work, ascribed to Theophrastus (the so-called Metarsiology, preserved only in Arabic and Syriac translations) and, finally, in his short (and incomplete) treatise On Winds. The latter work is of special interest not only because it is the only Peripatetic treatise especially dedicated to winds; as such it is a valuable witness of Theophrastus' position on the nature of this natural phenomenon, generally different from the one advanced by Aristotle. Having summarized some aspects of this rather neglected treatise, I try to correlate meteorological information and explanations offered by Theophrastus with contemporary data, especially in the context of the history of navigation.

AB - Wind as a natural phenomenon, as well as the peculiarities of specific winds, such as Boreas, Notos, Eurus, and Zephyrus and their influences on navigation, agriculture and, in general, human live, are among the subjects, extensively treated by the Peripatetics. Winds are studied in Aristotle's Meteorology (1.13, 2.4 sq.), Book 26 of the Problems, the Peripatetic On signs and On the position and Names of the Wind, in an epitome of a meteorological work, ascribed to Theophrastus (the so-called Metarsiology, preserved only in Arabic and Syriac translations) and, finally, in his short (and incomplete) treatise On Winds. The latter work is of special interest not only because it is the only Peripatetic treatise especially dedicated to winds; as such it is a valuable witness of Theophrastus' position on the nature of this natural phenomenon, generally different from the one advanced by Aristotle. Having summarized some aspects of this rather neglected treatise, I try to correlate meteorological information and explanations offered by Theophrastus with contemporary data, especially in the context of the history of navigation.

KW - History of navigation

KW - Practical astronomy in Antiquity

KW - Weather prediction

KW - weather prediction

KW - practical astronomy in Antiquity

KW - history of navigation

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U2 - 10.25205/1995-4328-2020-14-1-215-225

DO - 10.25205/1995-4328-2020-14-1-215-225

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85077986437

VL - 14

SP - 215

EP - 225

JO - Schole

JF - Schole

SN - 1995-4328

IS - 1

ER -