Eratosthenes
275 BC–193 BC
Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist
astronomer · writer · poet
Born in Cyrene
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Eratosthenes:
- Archimedes (286 BC–211 BC)
- Qin Shi Huang (258 BC–209 BC)
- Ashoka (303 BC–231 BC)
- Hannibal (246 BC–182 BC)
- Cato the Elder (233 BC–148 BC)
- Plautus (249 BC–183 BC)
- Epicurus (341 BC–269 BC)
- Zeno of Citium (333 BC–262 BC)