Diocles of Carystus, the mathematician, died circa 180 BCE.
He was born at 240 BCE in the city of Carystus.
Telemachus leaves Ithaca to go to Pylos, the city of Neleus. Telemachus spends a night in Pherae, home of Diocles. Finally, Telemachus arrives at the home of Menelaus, Lacedaemon.
Aristotle.
Aristarchus of Samos was a ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician.
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No one lifted the earth, but Archimedes (a great scientist and mathematician) claimed that he could do it.
Diocles was a Greek name and there are no known men called Diocles connected to the Roman Empire. There was a historian called Diocles who wrote about Roman history. There was a Roman emperor whose name was Diocletian.
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