in some form.

Writings

Apollonius was a prolific geometer, turning out a large number of works. Only one survives, Conics. Of its eight books, only the first four persist as untranslated original texts of Apollonius. Books 5-7 are only preserved via an Arabic translation by Thabit ibn Qurra commissioned by the Banu Musa; the original Greek is lost. The status of Book 8 is unknown. A first draft existed, but whether the final draft was ever produced is

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