Basilides of Tyre

Basilides of Tyre (Ancient Greek: Βασιλείδης) was a mathematician, mentioned by Hypsicles in his prefatory letter of Euclid's Elements, Book XIV. Barnes and Brunschwig suggested that Basilides of Tyre and Basilides the Epicurean could be the same Basilides.[1][2]

  1. ^ Jonathan Barnes & J. Brunschwig (2005). Science and Speculation. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521022187.
  2. ^ Thomas Little Heath (1908). "The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements". Cambridge, The University Press.