Document Type
Poster
Description
A Greek mathematician named Eratosthenes calculated an accurate measurementofthe Earth’s circumference, that being 250,000 stades orclose to Earth’s actualcircumference of40,120 km,¹ in Hellenistic Alexandria, Egyptcirca 240 B.C.E. To do this, Eratosthenes’utilized the distance between Alexandria and Syeneandgnomon measurements taken in Syeneand Alexandria at noon on the summersolstice.
Publication Date
Spring 2020
Keywords
Classics; Ancient Science Fair; Earth's Circumference; Eratosthenes; Earth
Disciplines
Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity | Classics | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Colleges & Schools
Liberal Arts
Department
Classics
City
Dayton
Repository Citation
Staver , K. (2020). A Philological Examination of Eratosthenes’ Calculation of Earth’s Circumference. Dayton, Ohio.
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Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity Commons, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Commons
