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1. celestial sphere
1.a celestial sphere cosmological concept, astral concept
Τῶν δὲ ἐν τῇ σφαίρᾳ κύκλων οἱ μὲν εἰσι παράλληλοι, οἱ δὲ λοξοί, οἱ δὲ διὰ τῶν πόλων.
‘Of the circles on the sphere, some are parallel, some are oblique, and some are [passing] through the poles.’
2. sphere
2.a sphere geometrical shape
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). σφαῖρα (Lemma #5438). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5438/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). σφαῖρα (Lemma #5438). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5438/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). σφαῖρα (Lemma #5438). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5438/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) σφαῖρα (Lemma #5438), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5438/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac5438,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas},
year = {2025},
title = {σφαῖρα ({Lemma} #5438)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5438/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5438/},
}