Aglaonica Aglaonica

1st or 2nd century Greek astronomer who studied the moon's cyclical patterns & predicted lunar eclipses; also known as Aganice of Thessaly the 1st female astronomer of ancient Greece; was considered a thaumaturge-a magician with the ability to perform miracles by making the moon disappear (now seen as her ability to predict lunar eclipses) was mentioned in the writings of Plutarch & in the scholia to Apollonius of rhodes as a female astronomer & the daughter of Hegetor (or Hegemon) of Thessaly; her followers were known as the "Witches of Thessaly" & were active between the 1st & 3rd centuries BCE; a Greek proverb used in reference to braggarts translates to "Yes, as the moon obeys Aglaonice"