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Headword:
Eratosthenês
Adler number: epsilon,2898
Translated headword: Eratosthenes
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Son of Aglaus (others say Ambrosius); of Cyrene. A pupil of the philosopher Ariston of
Chios, the grammarian Lysanias of Cyrene, and
Callimachus the poet.[1]
Ptolemy III summoned him from
Athens, and he lived until
Ptolemy V. Because he came second in every branch of learning to those who had reached the highest level, he was nicknamed 'platforms'.[2] Others called him a second or new
Plato, or the 'pentathlete'.[3] He was born in the 126th Olympiad,[4] and died aged 80, giving up food because of his declining eye-sight. He left a distinguished pupil,
Aristophanes of
Byzantium,[5] whose pupil
Aristarchus was in turn.[6] His pupils were
Mnaseas,
Menander and Aristis. He wrote philosophical works, poems and histories;
Astronomy, or
Catasterisms;
On the Philosophical Sects;
On Freedom from Pain; many dialogues; and numerous grammatical works.
Eratosthenês, Aglaou, hoi de Ambrosiou: Kurênaios, mathêtês philosophou Aristônos Chiou, grammatikou de Lusaniou tou Kurênaiou kai Kallimachou tou poiêtou. metepemphthê de ex Athênôn hupo tou tritou Ptolemaiou kai dietripse mechri tou pemptou. dia de to deutereuein en panti eidei paideias tois akrois engisasi ta bêmata epeklêthê. hoi de kai deuteron ê neon Platôna, alloi Pentathlon ekalesan. etechthê de rk#2# olumpiadi kai eteleutêsen p# etôn gegonôs, aposchomenos trophês dia to ambluôttein, mathêtên episêmon katalipôn Aristophanên ton Buzantion: hou palin Aristarchos mathêtês. mathêtai de autou Mnaseas kai Menandros kai Aristis. egrapse de philosopha kai poiêmata kai historias, Astronomian ê Katastêrigmous, Peri tôn kata philosophian haireseôn, Peri alupias, dialogous pollous kai grammatika suchna.
Notes:
See generally RE
Eratosthenes(4); OCD3 (bibliographically updated in OCD4)
Eratosthenes; FGrH 241, where T1 is the present entry. Entry in the History of Mathematics archive from St. Andrews at web address 1.
[1]
kappa 227:
Callimachus.
[2] So the transmitted text,
bh/mata, but it is a mistake for
bh=ta (the letter which comes second in the alphabet: thus, no.2, silver medallist, runner-up). The emendation was first advocated by Meursius (Jan de Meurs, 1579-1639) and, insofar as it is not self-recommending, is corroborated by a phrase applied to
Eratosthenes in an epitome of one of ancient geographers; see Pfeiffer 170 n.3.
[3] For "pentathlete" in this depreciatory sense Pfeiffer 170 n.3 adduces [
Plato],
Lovers 135E-136A. See also, more nuanced, the opinion of [
Longinus],
On the Sublime 34, on
Hyperides.
[4] 276-273 BC.
[5]
alpha 3933:
Aristophanes.
[6]
alpha 3892:
Aristarchus.
P.M. Fraser Ptolemaic Alexandria (Oxford 1972) 456-8, 525-39
R. Pfeiffer A History of Classical Scholarship (Oxford 1968) 152-70
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; chronology; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; geography; historiography; medicine; philosophy; poetry; science and technology
Translated by: Malcolm Heath on 11 February 2001@10:22:30.
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