Greece

Cities

• Abdera: Democritus
• Alexandria: Apollonius, Aristarchus, Diophantus, Eratosthenes, Euclid, Hypatia, Hypsicles, Heron, Menelaus, Pappus, Ptolemy, Theon
• Amisus: Dionysodorus
• Antinopolis: Serenus
• Apameia: Posidonius
• Athens: Aristotle, Plato, Ptolemy, Socrates, Theaetetus
• Byzantium (Constantinople): Philon, Proclus
• Chalcedon: Proclus, Xenocrates
• Chalcis: Iamblichus
• Chios: Hippocrates, Oenopides
• Clazomenae: Anaxagoras
• Cnidus: Eudoxus
• Croton: Philolaus, Pythagoras
• Cyrene: Eratosthenes, Nicoteles, Synesius, Theodorus
• Cyzicus: Callippus
• Elea: Parmenides, Zeno
• Elis: Hippias
• Gerasa: Nichmachus
• Larissa: Dominus
• Miletus: Anaximander, Anaximenes, Isidorus, Thales
• Nicaea: Hipparchus, Sporus, Theodosius
• Paros: Thymaridas
• Perga: Apollonius
• Pergamum: Apollonius
• Rhodes: Eudemus, Geminus, Posidonius
• Rome: Boethius
• Samos: Aristarchus, Conon, Pythagoras
• Smyrna: Theon
• Stagira: Aristotle
• Syene: Eratosthenes
• Syracuse: Archimedes
• Tarentum: Archytas, Pythagoras
• Thasos: Leodamas
• Tyre: Marinus, Porphyrius

Mathematicians

• Thales of Miletus (c. 630-c 550)
• Anaximander of Meletus (c. 610-c. 547)
• Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570-c. 490)
• Anaximenes of Miletus (fl. c. 546))
• Cleostratus of Tenedos (c. 520)
• Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (c. 500-c. 428)
• Zeno of Elea (c. 490-c. 430)
• Antiphon of Rhamnos (the Sophist) (c. 480-411)
• Oenopides of Chios (c. 450?)
• Leucippus (c. 450)
• Hippocrates of Chios (c. 450)
• Meton (c. 430) *SB
• Hippias of Elis (c. 425)
• Theodorus of Cyrene (c. 425)
• Socrates (469-399)
• Philolaus of Croton (d. c. 390)
• Democritus of Abdera (c. 460-370)
• Hippasus of Metapontum (or of Sybaris or Croton) (c. 400?)
• Archytas of Tarentum (of Taras) (c. 428-c. 347)
• Plato (427-347)
• Theaetetus of Athens (c. 415-c. 369)
• Leodamas of Thasos (c. 380)
• Leon (fl. c. 375)
• Eudoxus of Cnidos (c. 400-c. 347)
• Callipus of Cyzicus (fl. c. 370)
• Xenocrates of Chalcedon (c. 396-314)
• Heraclides of Pontus (c. 390-c. 322)
• Bryson of Heraclea (c 350?)
• Menaechmus (c. 350)
• Theudius of Magnesia (c. 350?)
• Thymaridas (c. 350)
• Dinostratus (c. 350)
• Speusippus (d. 339)
• Aristotle (384-322)
• Aristaeus the Elder (fl. c. 350-330)
• Eudemus of Rhodes (the Peripatetic) (c. 335)
• Autolycus of Pitane (c. 300)
• Euclid (c. 295)
• Aristarchus of Samos (c. 310-230)
• Archimedes of Syracuse (287-212)
• Philo of Byzantium (fl. c. 250)
• Nicoteles of Cyrene (c. 250)
• Strato (c. 250)
• Persius (c. 250?)
• Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276-c. 195)
• Chrysippus (280-206)
• Conon of Samos (c. 245)
• Apollonius of Perga (c. 260-c. 185)
• Nicomedes (c. 240?)
• Dositheus of Alexandria (fl. c. 230)
• Perseus (fl. 300-70 B.C.E.?)
• Dionysodorus of Amisus (c. 200?)
• Diocles of Carystus (c. 180)
• Hypsicles of Alexandria (c. 150?)
• Hipparchus of Nicaea (c. 180-c. 125)
• Zenodorus (c. 100?? BCE?)
• Posidonius (c. 135-c. 51)
• Zeno of Sidon (c. 79 BCE)
• Geminus of Rhodes (c. 77 BCE)
• Cleomedes (c. 40? BCE)
• Heron of Alexandria (fl. c. 62 CE) (Hero)
• Theodosius of Tripoli (c. 50? CE?)
• Menelaus of Alexandria (c. 100 CE)
• Nicomachus of Gerasa (c. 100)
• Theon of Smyrna (c. 125)
• Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus) (100-178)
• Marinus of Tyre (c. 150)
• Apuleius of Madaura (Lucius Apuleius) (c. 124-c. 170)
• Diogenes Laertius (c. 200)
• Diophantus of Alexandria (c. 250?)
• Porphyry (c. 234-c. 305) (Malchus the Tyrian, Porphyrius)
• Anatolius, Bishop of Laodicaea (c. 280)
• Sporus (c. 280)
• Iamblichus (c. 250-c. 350)
• Pappus of Alexandria (c. 320)
• Serenus of Antinopolis (c. 350)
• Theon of Alexandria (c. 390)
• Synesius of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais (c. 370-c. 413)
• Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 370-415)
• Dominus of Larissa (c. 450)
• Proclus Diadochus (410-485)
• Marinus of Sichem (or of Neapolis) (c. 480?)
• Metrodorus (c. 500)
• Simplicius of Cilicia (c. 530)
• Anthemius of Tralles (d. c. 534)
• John Philoponus (c. 520)
• Isidorus of Miletus (c. 540?)
• Eutocius of Ascalon (c. 550?)
• Isidore of Seville (c. 570-636)
• Michael Constantine Psellus (1018-c. 1080)
• Georgios Pachymeres (1242-1316)
• Maximos Planudes (c. 1255-1310)
• Manuel Moschopoulos (c. 1300)

Sources

• Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit: Mathematics
  • Greek Mathematics and its Modern Heirs: Euclid, Archimedes, Astronomical-Mathematical Collection, Apollonius, Pappus, Ptolemy
  • Ptolemy's Geography
  • Greek Astronomy: Byzantine Astronomical Collection, Ptolemy

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