Aratus

Aratus was a Greek didactic poet. His major extant work is his hexameter poem Phenomena, the first half of which is a verse setting of a lost work of the same name by Eudoxus of Cnidus. It describes the constellations and other celestial phenomena.

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Who was born first?

• Aratus was born 5 years before Aristarchus of Samos
• Aratus was born 5 years after Timocharis
• Aratus was born 20 years after Strato of Lampsacus
• Aratus was born 28 years before Archimedes
• Aratus was born 34 years before Chrysippus of Soli

Timeline

1. Strato of Lampsacuscirca 335 BC – circa 269 BC
2. Timocharis320–260 BC
3. Aratus (this page)circa 315 BC – circa 240 BC
4. Aristarchus of Samoscirca 310 BC – circa 230 BC
5. Archimedescirca 287 BC – 212 BC
6. Chrysippus of Soli281–208 BC

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