Libya

There are 1019 items in Libya:

Dorieus

Dorieus (†510 BCE): Spartan prince from the Agiad dynasty, leader of two unsuccessful colonial adventures. Spartan hoplite, found at Sparta and…

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Eratosthenes of Cyrene

Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c.275-192): mathematician, geographer, astronomer, social theorist, historian, scholar, librarian in Alexandria.One of the students of the great poet Callimachus of Cyrene was Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c.275-192 BCE), who became librarian in the Museum, the scientific institute of…

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