Daryn Lehoux
Canadian historian of science and classicist, a professor at Queen's University, known for scholarship on ancient science and epistemology, including 'What Did the Romans Know?' and studies of parapegmata, astronomy, and weather in the ancient world.
Books
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1. Astronomy, Weather, And Calendars In The Ancient World
Parapegmata and Related Texts in Classical and Near Eastern Societies
Explores the ancient genre of parapegmata—star calendars that correlate celestial events with weather signs and seasonal cycles—across Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern traditions. Presenting editions and translations of key texts, it shows how observations of stellar risings and settings structured timekeeping, agriculture, medicine, and civic life, and examines the instruments and public displays that made such knowledge practical. The study argues that ancient astronomy and meteorology were deeply integrated, empirical enterprises embedded in everyday rhythms and institutions.
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2. What Did The Romans Know? An Inquiry Into Science And Worldmaking
An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking
A concise exploration of how ancient observers produced and stabilized knowledge, showing how practices of observation, record keeping, instruments, and communal standards generated facts across fields such as astronomy, medicine, divination, and natural history. Using focused case studies, it argues that these practices were rational within their own epistemic frameworks and challenges presentist judgments of superstition. The result is a study of science as historical worldmaking that highlights continuities between ancient inquiry and modern methods.
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