A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Ἀυτολύκος), a mathematician, who is said to have been a native of Pitane in Aeolis, and the first instructor of the philosopher Arcesilaus. (D. L. 4.29.) From this, it would follow, that he lived about the middle of the fourth century B. C., and was contemporary with Aristotle. We know nothing more of his history.

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