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Time changes even the classics. the present-day 5 Platonic solids- thought to be indispensible in teaching how to draw in perspective are: Sphere, Cube, Cone, Cylinder, and Pyramid ( or tetrahedron, another term for the same thing) the originals were somewhat different. the concept originated with Plato, who also gave us the Atlantis legend in 360 BC. ( Box your compass- BC- a good memory jog). The originals were quite different- see, I believe , the Mathematical Carnival by Martin Gardner.

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