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Eudoxus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Εὔδοξος). A celebrated astronomer and geometrician of Cnidus, who flourished B.C. 366. He studied at Athens and in Egypt, but probably spent some of his time at his native place, where he had an observatory. He is said to have been the first who taught in Greece the motions of the planets. His works are lost (Quaest. Nat. vii. 3; Vitruv. ix. 9; Pl...

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Epitadeus in Wikipedia

Epitadeus was an early 4th century BCE Spartan ephor, who strengthened conservative class distinctions by allowing gifts of land to independent citizens (Spartiates). This 4th Century rhetra allowed the Spartiatai to dispose of their private land at will rather than by conventional hereditary descent....

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Eubulĭdes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Εὐβουλίδης). A native of Miletus and successor of Euclid in the Megaric school. He was a strong opponent of Aristotle, and seized every opportunity of censuring his writings and calumniating his character. He introduced new subtleties into the art of disputation, several of which, though often mentioned as proof of great ingenuity, deserve only to...

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Euctemon in Wikipedia

Euctemon (unknown-fl. 432 BC) was an Athenian astronomer. He was a contemporary of Meton and worked closely with this astronomer. Little is known of his work apart from his partnership with Meton and what is mentioned by Ptolemy. With Meton, he made a series of observations of the solstices (the points at which the sun is at greatest distance from ...

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Erasistratus in Wikipedia

Erasistratus (Greek: Ἐρασίστρατος; 304 BC- 250 BC) was a Greek anatomist and royal physician under Seleucus I Nicator of Syria. Along with fellow physician Herophilus, he founded a school of anatomy in Alexandria, where they carried out anatomical research. He is credited for his description of the valves of the heart, and he also concluded that th...

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Eubulus (statesman) in Wikipedia

Eubulus, or Euboulos (c.405 - c.335 BC) was a statesman of ancient Athens, probably the most important of the period 355-342 and notable for his focus on Athenian finances. Eubulus' early life is unknown, save that he was from the Anaphlystus deme. With Diophantus of Sphettus as his patron, he became a Theoric Commissioner, gradually took control ...

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Euctēmon in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

A Greek astronomer....

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Euenus in Wikipedia

Euenus (or Evenus) of Paros, (Greek: Εὔηνος), was a 5th century BC philosopher and poet who was roughly contemporary with Socrates. Several fragments of his poetry exist in the Palatine Anthology and Euenus is mentioned several times in Plato's Phaedo, Phaedrus (dialogue), and Apology of Socrates. He was apparently, although obscure, well respected...

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Epigĕnes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

Of Sicyon, said to have been the oldest writer of tragedy, and to have preceded even Thespis....

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Eudoxus of Cyzicus in Wikipedia

Eudoxus of Cyzicus (fl. c. 130 BC) (Greek: Ευδοξος) was a Greek navigator who explored the Arabian Sea for Ptolemy VIII, king of the Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt Voyages to India According to Poseidonius, later reported in Strabo's Geography,[1] the monsoon wind system of the Indian Ocean was first sailed by Eudoxus of Cyzicus in 118 or ...

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