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Could someone in simple language explain how exactly Ptolemy thought the universe looked like? I have heard that the Greeks thought the Earth was enclosed by a sort of shell and that the planets and Sun were just sort of painted or set on that shell. Is that accurate?

by /u/historyfan1887 in /r/AskHistorians

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