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as it was in his own time, but 272 years before. So 
that from hence, we fee, nothing certain can be con- 
cluded with regard to his age. 
Kepler , in his Epitom. djtronom. (11) fuppofeth, 
that from the time of Hefiod to the year after Chrift 
1618. are 2400 years, and that the annual motion of 
the fixed ftars is fi", which, in 2400 years, gives 34 0 . 
From whence, and feveral other affumptions, he con- 
cludes, that, in Hefiod’s time, Ardturus rofe achroni- 
cally March 3. in the Julian year reckoned backward, 
when the Sun was in X 5 0 if. 
Riccioli, in his Almageft. (12) fuppofeth, that He- 
fiod flourifhed about the year before Chrift 775. 
when the place of the Sun’s apogee was 2o°j and 
therefore the Sun’s true motion for 60 days was 
6i° 1 o', which added to the place of the winter lol- 
ftice, or the beginning of yp, gives the Sun’s place 
X i° 10', the point oppofite to that point of the 
ecliptic which rofe along with Ardturus, or fl£ 
Therefore, in the figure here 
annexed, according to him, the 
point K is ng i° 10', and K P 
the distance from the next equi- 
nodtial point, = 28° fo'. The 
height of the equator at Athens, 
or the angle P H K, from Pto- 
lemy’s Geography , = 72° 15'. 
He farther fuppofes, as Longo- 
montanus before him, the ob- 
i° 10 
(xi) Lib. III. p. 396. 
(12) Tom. I. p. 463. 
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