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Cyrene, Libya
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Cyrene, also sometimes anglicized as Kyrene, was an ancient Greek colony and Roman city near present-day Shahhat in northeastern Libya in North Africa. It was part of the Pentapolis, an important grou
Sanctuary of Apollo at Cyrene
Sanctuary of Apollo at Cyrene
Arcesilaus II oversees the weighing of silphium for export, on a Laconian kylix, c. 565–560 BC.
Arcesilaus II oversees the weighing of silphium for export, on a Laconian kylix, c. 565–560 BC.
The Temple of Zeus, Cyrene
The Temple of Zeus, Cyrene
The Cyrene bronze head in the British Museum (300 BC)
The Cyrene bronze head in the British Museum (300 BC)
Eratosthenes
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Eratosthenes of Cyrene was an Ancient Greek polymath: a philosopher, scholar, mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. Eratosthenes eventually became the chief librarian at the
Cyrene, Libya
…Cratisthenes of Cyrene, an Olympic winner at chariot-race. There was a statue of him at Olympia, created by Pythagoras. Eratosthenes (276 – 194 BC), mathematician, geographer, astronomer; librarian at the Library of Alexandria. First to calculate the circumference of the Earth Eugammon…
Eratosthenes teaching in Alexandria by Bernardo Strozzi (1635)
Eratosthenes teaching in Alexandria by Bernardo Strozzi (1635)