Eudoxus of Cnidus

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/ ˈnaɪdəs, juːˈdɒksəs /

noun

1. ?406–?355 _bc , Greek astronomer and mathematician; believed to have calculated the length of the solar year

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Example Sentences

Eudoxus of Cnidus, the contemporary of Plato, placed him still higher; he thought that Zoroaster lived 6000 years before the death of Plato.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max

Eudoxus of Cnidus, in the fifth century B.C., is said by his commentator Aratus to have also believed in the solidity of the heavens, but his reasons are not assigned.

From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.

Our actual constellations, which are doubtless of Babylonian origin, appear to have been arranged in their present form by the learned philosopher Eudoxus of Cnidus, about the year 360 B.C.

From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)

Eudoxus of Cnidus, a Grecian astronomer, was a pupil of Plato, and afterwards studied in Egypt; said to have introduced a 365½ day year into Greece; flourished in the 4th century B.C.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

This proposition was first proved, so Archimedes asserts, by Eudoxus of Cnidus, famous as an astronomer, geometer, physician, and lawgiver, born in humble circumstances about 407 B.C.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene