Eratosthenes

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tlg0222
CITE id:
urn:cite:perseus:author.568
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tlg0222
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LCCN n 82081073
Name:
Eratosthenes
Abbr:
Eratosth.
Alt names:
Ἐρατοσθένης
Eratostene
Eratóstenes
Ėratosfen
Ératosthène
Eratosthenes, of Cyrene
Eratosthenes, Epicus
Eratosth.
Field of activity:
Elegist
Mathematician
Geographer
Astronomer
Notes:
Dragoni, G. Eratostene e l'apogeo della scienza greca, c1979: t.p. (Eratostene)
Oxford classical dict., 1950: p. 336 (Eratosthenes of Cyrene
ca. 275-194 BC
head of Alexandrian Library
called himself Philologus)
Encyc. brit., 1972: v. 8, p. 670 (Eratosthenes
ca. 276-194 BC
writer on math, geography, astronomy)
Encyc. Amer., 1975: v. 10, p. 542 (Eratosthenes
ca. 276-195 BC)
Collier's encyc., 1973: v. 9, p. 288 (Eratosthenes
ca. 275-194 BC)
Le ciel, c1998: t.p. (Eratosthène)
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 154
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 2 , 1867, p. 44-47: "Eratosthenes, of Cyrene, was according to Suidas, the son of Aglaus...He was a man of very extensive learning....
Brill's New Pauly: "The librarian at Alexandria (after Apollonius [2] and before Aristophanes [4], cf. POxy. 1241) is said to have lived for some 80 years (cf. Suda ε 2898, Ps.-Lucian Macrobii 27), but the information to hand is not without contradictions:.... The extensive works of E. survive only in fragments and the testimony of others...." Zaminer, Frieder (Berlin). "Eratosthenes." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2009
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