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Heracleides

British  
/ ˈpɒntəs, ˌhɛrəˈklaɪdiːz /

noun

  1. ?390–?322 bc , Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis

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Heracleides, in the fourth century B. C., said that Mercury and Venus circled around the sun, and in the third century Aristarchus of Samos actually anticipated, though it was a mere guess, the heliocentric theory.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

Heracleides, as he used to prove to me, finds the sum excessive.

From Anabasis by Dakyns, Henry Graham

Heracleides insisted that this was all he had got by his trafficking.

From Anabasis by Dakyns, Henry Graham

They asked: "Does he play the popular leader?" and Heracleides answered: "Exactly so."

From Anabasis by Dakyns, Henry Graham

After listening to this appeal, Seuthes called down curses on him, whose fault it was, that the debt had not long ago been paid, and, if the general suspicion was correct, this was Heracleides.

From Anabasis by Dakyns, Henry Graham

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