Menelaus of Alexandria

Menelaus of Alexandria was a Greek mathematician and astronomer, the first to recognize geodesics on a curved surface as natural analogs of straight lines.

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Who was born first?

• Menelaus of Alexandria and Theon of Smyrna were born the same year
• Menelaus of Alexandria was born 10 years after Nicomachus
• Menelaus of Alexandria was born 30 years before Ptolemy
• Menelaus of Alexandria was born 43 years after Wang Chong
• Menelaus of Alexandria was born 54 years after Lubna of Cordoba

Timeline

1. Lubna of Cordoba16–984
2. Wang Chong27–97
3. Nicomachuscirca AD 60 – circa AD 120
4. Menelaus of Alexandria (this page)circa AD 70 – circa AD 140
5. Theon of Smyrnacirca AD 70 – circa AD 135
6. Ptolemycirca AD 100 – circa AD 170

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