Herophilus of Chalcedon
c. 335 BCE–c. 280 BCE · Alexandria
Founder of scientific anatomy; with Erasistratus performed the first systematic human dissections at Alexandria.
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AlexandriaEgypt
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About Alexandria
Alexandria (al-Iskandariyya) is the great Mediterranean port-city of northern Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE and a leading centre of learning in antiquity. After the Muslim conquest of Egypt (642) it remained a major commercial and scholarly hub; the Shadhili Sufi Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari (d. 1309) took his nisba from the city, and the modernist reformer Muhammad Abduh (d. 1905) was active in Egypt's intellectual life there and in Cairo.
In Alexandria at the same time
Hecataeus of Abdera, Lycophron, Callimachus, Erasistratus of Ceos, Apollonius Rhodius, Euclid
Across the traditions, in Alexandria at the same time
In the same place & time
Sages whose lives overlapped with Herophilus of Chalcedon’s in the same cities, drawn from their recorded journeys.
In the same tradition
Hecataeus of Abdera, Lycophron, Callimachus, Erasistratus of Ceos, Apollonius Rhodius, Euclid
The world in their lifetime
Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with Herophilus of Chalcedon’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
Graeco-Roman world
- Heraclides Ponticus· 390 BCE–310 BCE
- Aeschines· 389 BCE–314 BCE
- Philip of Opus· 385 BCE–
- Demades· 380 BCE–319 BCE
- Aristoxenus· 375 BCE–315 BCE
- Theophrastus· 371 BCE–287 BCE
- Crates of Thebes· 365 BCE–285 BCE
- Pyrrho· 360 BCE–270 BCE
- Dicaearchus of Messana· 360 BCE–285 BCE
- Dinarchus· 360 BCE–290 BCE
- Demetrius of Phaleron· 350 BCE–280 BCE
- Menander· 342 BCE–290 BCE
- Epicurus· 341 BCE–270 BCE
- Crantor· 340 BCE–275 BCE
- Strato of Lampsacus· 335 BCE–269 BCE
- Zeno of Citium· 334 BCE–262 BCE
- Metrodorus of Lampsacus· 331 BCE–278 BCE
- Cleanthes· 330 BCE–230 BCE
- Hermarchus of Mytilene· 325 BCE–250 BCE
- Arcesilaus· 316 BCE–241 BCE
- Aratus Solensis· 315 BCE–240 BCE
- Aristarchus of Samos· 310 BCE–230 BCE
- Theocritus· 300 BCE–260 BCE
- Ariston of Chios· 300 BCE–240 BCE
Scientists
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Works
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