The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists: The Greek tradition and its many heirs

Kleoneide ̄s
Mucianus
Muo ̄nide ̄s
Nausiphane ̄s
Nikomakhos of Gerasa
Panaitios
Paulos
Philode ̄mos
Philolaos
Plutarch, Music
Porphurios of Tyre

Ptolemaïs of Kure ̄ne ̄

Ptolemy

Puthagoras of Zakunthos

Pythagoras

Sextus Empiricus

Simos of Poseido ̄nia

M. Terentius Varro

Theodo ̄ros of Kure ̄ne ̄

Theo ̄n of Smurna

Thrasullos

Xenophilos

Lithika (36) (works and authors on the nature and properties of stones or other substance
dug from the earth; Alchemy often makes use of such substances, or tries to imitate them,
Paradoxography often writes about them, and Pharmacy regularly employs them, so
no rigid distinction can be made); most entries by Amato:

Agatharkhides of Samos
Aristoboulos
Arkhelaos
Asarubas/Hasdrubas
Claudius Claudianus
Cornelius Bocchus
Damigero ̄n
De ̄mokritos, pseudo
Derkullos
Dionusios
Dionusios of Alexandria, Perie ̄ge ̄te ̄s
Do ̄rotheos of Khaldea
Drako ̄n of Kerkura
Epiphanios
Euax
He ̄rakleitos of Sikuo ̄n
Iouba
P. Nigidius Figulus

Nikano ̄r

Nikias of Mallos

Olumpikos

Orpheus, pseudo

Ostane ̄s, pseudo

Petosiris

Philostratos

Poseidippos

Saturos

So ̄krate ̄s

Sotakos

Sudine ̄s

Theophilos

Theophrastos of Eresos

Timaris

Xenokrate ̄s of Ephesos

Zakhalias

Ze ̄nothemis

Mathematics (164) (authors and works on arithmetic and geometry, as well as on “logis-
tics,” i.e., calculation; distinguished from Metrology on the one hand, and from math-
ematical Astronomy and Geography on the other); Academics per se are not listed here
(many if not all were concerned with some aspect of mathematics), but agrimensores and
even numerology are included; many entries by Bernard, Campbell, Jones, Lehoux, and
Mueller:

Aganis
Aigeias
Ammo ̄nios of Alexandria, M. Annius
Ammo ̄nios, son of Hermeias

Amphinomos

Amuntas of He ̄rakleia Pontike ̄

Anania of Shirak

Anatolios of Laodikeia

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