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…
Euboea (Greek Εὔβοια): large island in Greece, north of Boeotia and Attica, southeast of Thessaly.Euboea
Euboea's northern shore, the "hollows"
Large island…
Eumenes II Soter: Attalid king of Pergamon, ruled 197-159.
Eumenes II
Successor of: Attalus I Soter
Relatives
Father: Attalus I Soter
Mother: Apollonis of Cyzicus
Wife:…