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Athens, Aiiaxipolis®' of Thasos, Aristophanes^^ of Milcdis, 

 Apollociorus'^ of Lemnos, Autigonus^' of Gj'mae, Agathocles**** of 

 Chios, Apollouius^^ of Pergaums, Aristander'^ of Athens, Bac- 

 chius'^ of Miletus, Bion''^ of Soli, Chaereas" of Athens, Chsg- 

 ristus^^ of Athens, Diodorus'^ of Priene, Dion'® of Colophon, 

 Epigenes''^ of Rhodes, Euagon'^ of Thasos, Euphronius'^ of 

 Athens, Androtion^" who wrote on Agriculture, ^schrion^^ 

 who Avrote on Agriculture, Lysiraachus^- who wrote on Agri- 

 culture, Dionysius^* who translated Mago, Diophanes^"* who 

 made an Epitome from Dionysius, Thales,^^ Eudoxus,*^ Philip- 

 2)us,^'^ Calippus,^® Dositheus,*"^ Parmeniscus,^° Meton,^^ Criton,'- 



^^ See end of B. ix. ^^ See end of B. viii. 



^^ See end of 13. viii. ^^ See end of B. viii. 



^^ See end of B. viii. , ^^ See end of B. viii. 



'" See end of B. viii. '^ See end of B. viii. 



'- See end of ii. vi. 73 ggg q^^^ of j^ yjjj^ 



'•^ See end of B. xiv. ''^ See end of B. xv. 



■'S See end of li. viii. '''' See end of B. ii. 



^^ See end of B. x, '^ See end of B. viii. 



*"' See end of B viii. ^^ See end of B. viii. 



s- See end of B. viii. sj gee end of B. xii. 



^^ See end of B. viii. 



«^ Of Miletns, the most ancient of the Greek philosophers, and tlie 

 founder of the Jonian school of Philosophy. He is said to liave ^\^itttu 

 upon the Solstice and the Equinox, and a work on Astronomy, in verse, 

 was also attributed to him. It is, however, more generally believed, that 

 he left no written works behind him, and that those attributed to him 

 weie forgeries. fee See end of B. ii. 



S' An astronomer of Medama, or Medma, in IMagna Graecia, and a dis- 

 ciple of Plato. lie is said to have written a treatise on the Avinds, and 

 Plutarch states tliat he demonstrated the figure of the moon. 



^® An astronomer of Cyzicus, and a friend of Aristotle, whom he assisted 

 in completing the discoveries of Eudoxus. He invented the cycle of 

 seventy-six years, called after him the Calippic. 



*^ Of Colonus, a geometrician, to whom Archimedes dedicated his 

 works on the spliere and cylinder, and on spirals. 



^'^ A grammarian, who is supposed to have written a commentary on 

 Aratus. Yarro, Be Ling. Lat. x. 10, speaks of him as making the dis- 

 tinctive characteristics of words to be eight in number. 



^^ A famous astronomer of Athens, to whom the discovery of the cycle 

 of nineteen years has been attributed. 



9- There were several learned men of this name, but it appears impos- 

 sible to say which of them is the one here alluded to ; probably it is either 

 the Pythagorean philosopher of iEgcE, who wrote on Predestination, or 

 else the historian, a native of Pieria in Macedonia. There was also an 

 astronomer of this name, a native of Xaxos, and a friend of Eudoxus of 

 Cnidos. 



