Philo of Byzantium

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Hellenistic engineer ancient Greek engineer mathematician mechanical engineer military engineer person from the Hellenistic period physicist scientific author writer

Philo of Byzantium was a Hellenistic engineer and writer known for his works on mechanics and for one of the earliest surviving accounts of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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Philo of Byzantium canonical 2
Philon of Byzantium 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic engineer ⓘ
ancient Greek engineer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
mechanical engineer ⓘ
military engineer ⓘ
person from the Hellenistic period ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
scientific author ⓘ
writer ⓘ
alternateName Philo Mechanicus ⓘ
Philo of Byzantium ⓘ
surface form: Philon of Byzantium
areaOfActivity Hellenistic science and technology ⓘ
birthPlace Byzantium ⓘ
surface form: Byzantion

Byzantium ⓘ
ancient city of Byzantium ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
culture Hellenistic Greek ⓘ
described Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ⓘ
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork artillery ⓘ
geometry ⓘ
mechanics ⓘ
military technology ⓘ
physics ⓘ
pneumatics ⓘ
floruit c. 280–220 BC ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
influenced Hero of Alexandria ⓘ
influencedBy Ctesibius ⓘ
earlier Greek mathematicians ⓘ
knownFor early account of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ⓘ
treatises on mechanics ⓘ
work on catapults and artillery ⓘ
work on fortification and siegecraft ⓘ
work on pneumatic devices ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek ⓘ
name Philo of Byzantium self-link ⓘ
notableWork Belopoeica ⓘ
A System of Mechanics ⓘ
surface form: Compendium of Mechanics

De septem orbis spectaculis ⓘ
Mathematike Syntaxis ⓘ
surface form: Mechanike syntaxis

Paradoxa ⓘ
Pneumatica ⓘ
Poliorcetica ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
residence Alexandria ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic Egypt
timePeriod 3rd century BC ⓘ

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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World → documentedBy → Philo of Byzantium ⓘ
Philo of Byzantium → name → Philo of Byzantium self-link ⓘ
Philo of Byzantium → alternateName → Philo of Byzantium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philon of Byzantium