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

(Εὐτόκιος) of Ascalon, the commentator on Apollonius of Pesga and on Archimedes, must have lived about A. D. 560.

At the end of some of his commentaries on Archimedes he says he used " the edition recognised by Isidore of Miletus, the mechanic, our master." This Isidore was one of Justinian's architects, who built the church of St. Sophia.

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