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Perga

Pamphylia

Perga was a Greek city of Pamphylia, on the southern coast of Asia Minor near modern Antalya, Turkey. It was the birthplace of the mathematician Apollonius of Perga, author of the Conics, a foundational treatise on conic sections.

3 most-discussed ideas

Teachers who lived here

Works composed here

Ideas shaped here

Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Perga. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.