Eudoxus
Eudoxus, i, m., = Εὔδοξος,
- a Greek astrologer, a disciple of Plato, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 87; id. Rep. 1, 14 al.
Eudoxus, (16) ī, m. (Εὔδοξος), Eudoxe, de Gnide (ou Cnide) [astronome célèbre] : Cic. Div. 2, 87 || autre du même nom : Plin. 2, 169.
Cui queat Eudoxas moriens committere caulas.
Eudoxus
(Εὔδοξος). A celebrated astronomer and geometrician of Cnidus, who flourished B.C. 366. He studied at Athens and in Egypt, but probably spent some of his time at his native place, where he had an observatory. He is said to have been the first who taught in Greece the motions of the planets. His works are lost ( Quaest. Nat. vii. 3; Vitruv. ix. 9; Plin. H. N. ii. 47).