Eratosthenes. Painting entitled "Eratosthenes teaching in Alexandria" by Bernardo Strozzi, oil on canvas, c. 1635. Eratosthenes of Cyrene ( c. 276 BC - c. 195/194 BC) was a Greek polymath, mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. He was a man of learning, becoming the chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria.

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