Eratosthenes of Cyrene (modern-day Libya) was born of Greek parents, and was therefore Greek. In ancient times, many Greeks were born and/or lived outside of Greece, mainly in places around the Mediterranean Sea.
In Cyrene which is a Greek town in northern Africa
Eratosthenes was from ancient greek
He was born in 276 BC.
The famous Greek geographer named, Eratosthenes of Cyrene, was born in Cyrene in 276 BC. The city of Cyrene is now known as Libya.
About 276 BC Eratosthenes was a Greek mathematician who is credited with a simple method of making a list of as many primes as you wish. His method is known as the Sieve of Eratosthenes.
Eratosthenes, a greek philosopher, did, hence the name.
He was (as the name already suggests) born in Cyrene in today's Libya, in 276 BC.
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The Greek scholar Eratosthenes is called The Father of Geography.
si eratosthenes ay isang Greek astronomer geographer, at isang mathematician. Siya ay nanggaling sa mars