ἀνταρκτικὸς κύκλος
antarktikos kuklos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-03-25
Primary meaning antarctic circle
Literal translation antarctic circle
Variants
ἀνταρκτικὸς κύκλος antarktikos kuklos
κύκλος ἀνταρκτικὸς kuklos antarktikos
Edited by
antarctic circle astral concept

Παράλληλοι μὲν οἱ τοὺς αὐτοὺς πόλους ἔχοντες τῷ κόσμῳ. Εἰσί δὲ παράλληλοι κύκλοι εʹ· ἀρκτικός, θερινὸς τροπικός, ἰσημερινός, χειμερινὸς τροπικός, ἀνταρκτικός.

‘Parallel are those that have the same poles as the cosmos. There are 5 parallel circles: the arctic circle, the summer tropic, the celestial equator, the winter tropic, the antarctic circle.’

— Geminus 5.1

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 21

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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἀνταρκτικὸς κύκλος (Lemma #5446). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5446/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἀνταρκτικὸς κύκλος (Lemma #5446). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5446/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἀνταρκτικὸς κύκλος (Lemma #5446). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5446/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) ἀνταρκτικὸς κύκλος (Lemma #5446), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5446/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac5446,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἀνταρκτικὸς κύκλος ({Lemma} #5446)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5446/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5446/},
}