Hipparchus

Hipparchus was a Greek astronomer and mathematician of the Hellenistic period, often credited with major advances in observational astronomy. His work on star catalogues, trigonometry and precession influenced later Greek, Roman and Islamic science.

For Historical Bookshelf, this entry is best treated as a historical or literary figure rather than a fictional character. It can support pages where novels refer to writers, playwrights, philosophers or scholars as part of a period’s intellectual background.

In Mary Renault’s The Praise Singer, Simonides eventually prospers in Athens under Peisistratus and his sons, especially the cultivated Hipparchus.