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5 entries for
Diophanes
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1218
Διοφανοῦς
Diophanes', of Diophanes
To/for
Diophanes.
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1219
Διόφαντος
Diophantos, Diophantus
… contemporary work in rewriting the history of mathematics.) For this
Diophantos
see under upsilon 166 (Hypatia's commentary on his work). For homonyms see under delta 1491, lambda 486, mu 462, pi 1617.
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1217
Διοφάνης
Diophanes
This man was from Megalopolis. [He was someone] who had great expertise in military matters because, during the lengthy war against Nabis which was waged in the vicinity of Megalopolis, he had served all …
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1491
Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσα
a drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail
In the time of
Diophantus
the theor{et}ikon came into being, a drachma. And when a hailstorm from the sky stopped at that time, the joke was that it was a handful of hailstones.
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2824
Ἐποχή
cessation, suspension; epoch
… subdivisions. For this see e.g. a fragmentary treatise attributed to
Diophantus
of Alexandria (delta 1219); but even there it is conceded that two divisions are really enough (h(mi=n de\ a)rkei/tw ... e(/ws deute/rwn leptw=n …
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