Rhianus

300 BC–274 BC

ancient Greek poet and grammarian, a native of Crete, friend and contemporary of Eratosthenes (275 BC – 195 BC)

poet · historian · epigrammatist

Born in Crete

Contemporaries

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• Euclid (333 BC–284 BC)
• Ashoka (303 BC–231 BC)
• Epicurus (341 BC–269 BC)
• Chanakya Kautilya (374 BC–282 BC)
• Theophrastus (370 BC–286 BC)
• Zhuang Zhou (368 BC–287 BC)
• Zeno of Citium (333 BC–262 BC)
• Archimedes (286 BC–211 BC)

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