Dionysius of Cyrene ( Greek: Διονύσιος ὁ Κυρηναῖος), lived c. 150 BC, was a Stoic philosopher and mathematician.
He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon and Antipater of Tarsus.
He was famed as a mathematician, and he is probably the Dionysius whose arguments are attacked by Philodemus in his book On Signs ( Latin: De Signis), [1] where Dionysius is reported as arguing that the Sun must be very large because it reappears slowly from behind an obstruction. [2]
Dionysius of Cyrene ( Greek: Διονύσιος ὁ Κυρηναῖος), lived c. 150 BC, was a Stoic philosopher and mathematician.
He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon and Antipater of Tarsus.
He was famed as a mathematician, and he is probably the Dionysius whose arguments are attacked by Philodemus in his book On Signs ( Latin: De Signis), [1] where Dionysius is reported as arguing that the Sun must be very large because it reappears slowly from behind an obstruction. [2]