Eratosthenes

Eratosthenes in Wikipedia

Eratosthenes of Cyrene (Ancient Greek: Ἐρατοσθένης, IPA: /eratostʰénɛːs/; English: /ɛrəˈtɒsθəniːz/; c. 276 BC[1] – c. 195 BC[2]) was a Greek mathematician, elegiac poet, athlete, geographer, astronomer, and music theorist. He was the first person to use the word "geography" and invented the discipline of geography as we understand it.[3] He invent...

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Eratosthĕnes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Ἐρατοσθένης). A distinguished contemporary of Archimedes, born at Cyrené, B.C. 276. He possessed a variety of talents seldom united in the same individual. His mathematical, astronomical, and geographical labours are those which have rescued his name from oblivion, though he was, besides, famous for his athletic prowess. The Alexandrian school of ...

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