A more conventional picture was that supported by Hicetas, Heraclides and Ecphantus in the fourth century BCE who assumed that the Earth rotated but did not suggest that the Earth revolved about the Sun.
Tavapärasemat pilti toetasid 4. sajandil eKr Hiketas, Herakleides Pontikos ja Ekphantos, kes oletasid, et Maa pöörleb, kuid ei väitnud, et Maa tiirleb ümber Päikese.