Menaechmus

Menaechmus was an ancient Greek mathematician, geometer and philosopher born in Alopeconnesus or Prokonnesos in the Thracian Chersonese, who was known for his friendship with the renowned philosopher Plato and for his apparent discovery of conic sections and his solution to the then-long-standing problem of doubling…

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Who was born first?

• Menaechmus was born 5 years after Heraclides Ponticus
• Menaechmus was born 10 years before Callippus of Cyzicus
• Menaechmus was born 16 years after Xenocrates
• Menaechmus was born 20 years before Aristoxenus
• Menaechmus was born 20 years before Autolycus of Pitane

Timeline

1. Xenocrates396–314 BC
2. Heraclides Ponticus385 BC – circa 322 BC
3. Menaechmus (this page)circa 380 BC – circa 320 BC
4. Callippus of Cyzicuscirca 370 BC – circa 310 BC
5. Aristoxenuscirca 360 BC – circa 300 BC
6. Autolycus of Pitanecirca 360 BC – circa 290 BC

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