💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Eratosthenes"
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| ptolemynoun | Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90 – c. 168 AD), a Greek-speaking mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer who lived in the Hellenistic culture of Alexandria in Roman Egypt. His most important works were the Almagest and the Geography |
| archimedesnoun | A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs), notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer (c. 287–212 BCE). |
| peripateticnoun | One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant. |
| aristotlenoun | An ancient Greek philosopher, logician, and scientist (382–322 BCE), student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. |
| anaximandernoun | (c. 610 BCE–c. 546 BCE) A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus; pupil of Thales and teacher of Anaximenes. |
| epimenidesnoun | Epimenides of Knossos. |
| pherecydesnoun | An Ancient Greek thinker from the island of Syros, who authored a cosmogony that bridged the mythological thought of Hesiod and pre-Socratic philosophy (fl. 6th century BC) |
| xenocratesnoun | (c. 396–314 B.C.E.) An Ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, and the second leader (scholarch) of the Platonic Academy from 339 to 314 B.C.E. |
| almagestnoun | A comprehensive treatise on astronomy, alchemy, geography and/or mathematics (originally compiled by Ptolemy circa 150 C.E.). |
| thalesnoun | A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Miletus in Asia Minor. |
| anaximenesnoun | (c. 585 BCE–c. 525 BCE) An ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus; the pupil of Anaximander. He taught that the basic element of which the world is composed is the air. |
| theophrastusnoun | An Ancient Greek philosopher |
| parmenidesnoun | An Ancient Greek philosopher born in Elea, in southern Italy. Founder of the Eleatic school of philosophy. |
| plethonnoun | Georgios Gemistos Plethon (c. 1355–1453), a Byzantine Greek philosopher. |
| pythagorasnoun | Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), an Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher. |
| ephialtesnoun | (obsolete) an incubus; a nightmare |
| eleaticnoun | Of or relating to a certain school in Elea of Ancient Greek philosophers who taught that reality is stable and unchanging and that real knowledge comes from reason rather than senses. |
| strabonoun | (63/64 B.C.E. – ca. 24 C.E.) Ancient Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian from Amaseia in Pontus. |
| erastusnoun | A certain early Christian and city chamberlain. (biblical character) |
| hypatianoun | (historical) Hypatia of Alexandria (born c. AD 350–370; died 415), an Ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, and head of the Neoplatonic school at Alexandria. |
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