Heracleides

Heraclides of Pontus

noun

?390–?322 bc, Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis

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Of this ambush the leader was Heracleides the son of Ibanollis, a man of Mylasa.
The History Of Herodotus
Herodotus
With this answer Heracleides returned and told the king everything.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2)
Polybius
If it did exist, it was of no value to Ephorus, Heracleides, and the author of the Hipparchus.
The World of Homer
Andrew Lang
According to Heracleides, the inundation took place in his time, and during the night.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3)
Strabo
Dion himself was soon after supplanted by the intrigues of Heracleides, and again banished.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5
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