Learn how your comment data is processed. Skip to content The mathematician is also known as Eratosthenes of Cyrene, he was also classified as being a poet, astronomer, geographer, athlete and music theorist. Death Eratosthenes became blind and in BC died at the age of Eratosthenes then spent some years studying in Athens. The library was based on copies of the works in the library of Aristotle. On the death of Callimachus in about BC, Eratosthenes became the third librarian at Alexandria, in the library in a temple of the Muses called the Mouseion.
The library is said to have contained hundreds of thousands of papyrus and vellum scrolls. Despite being a leading all-round scholar, Eratosthenes was considered to fall short of the highest rank. Heath writes [ 4 ] :- [ Eratosthenes ] was, indeed, recognised by his contemporaries as a man of great distinction in all branches of knowledge, though in each subject he just fell short of the highest place.
On the latter ground he was called Beta, and another nickname applied to him, Pentathlos, has the same implication, representing as it does an all-round athlete who was not the first runner or wrestler but took the second prize in these contests as well as others. Certainly this is a harsh nickname to give to a man whose accomplishments in many different areas are remembered today not only as historically important but, remarkably in many cases, still providing a basis for modern scientific methods.
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Because of its smaller size, Archimedes Archimedes was a Greek mathematician and engineer who lived between B. His greatest contributions are in the field of geometry, where he identified the relationship of a sphere and cylinder's Aristotle Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who lived between B. He was one of the greatest thinkers of the world and his written works encompassed all major areas of thought: logic, science, metaphysics, Democritus Democritus was a Greek philosopher who lived between B.
He developed the concept of the 'atom', Greek for 'indivisible'. Democritus believed that everything in the universe was composed of atoms, Eratosthenes is most famous for making the first accurate measurement of the circumference of Plato Plato was a Greek philosopher who lived between B.
In B. Please log in Username: Password: Forgot password? NESTA welcomes new Institutional Affiliates in support of our ongoing programs, as well as collaborations on new projects. All Rights Reserved. Eratosthenes also pioneered the discipline of scientific chronology.
Starting with the conquest of Troy, he worked to pin down the dates of important political and literary happenings. Meanwhile, he wrote a long treatise dealing with On the Old Comedy , which described theatrical equipment and practice in considerable detail, as well as reviewing the output of the main comic poets. Eratosthenes is reputed to have died in Alexandria in about B.
He is said to have deliberately starved himself to death to escape the possibility of having to live his last years in darkness. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Art History U. History World History.
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