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Neocleides

Neoclides was an ancient Greek mathematician. He was a younger contemporary of Plato and Leodamas of Thasos and himself served at the Platonic Academy. He also taught Leon. Otherwise, not much is known about him.

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Neoclides (Ancient Greek: Νεοκλείδης, romanized: Neokleidēs, b. about 420 BCE) was an ancient Greek mathematician. He was a younger contemporary of Plato and Leodamas of Thasos and himself served at the Platonic Academy. He also taught Leon.1 Otherwise, not much is known about him.23

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  1. Gow, James (1884), A Short History of Greek Mathematics, University Press, p. 183, Of Neocleides and his pupil Leon also, we know no more than the Eudemian summary tells us, in which the only important fact is that Leon wrote an improved 'Elements' and treated particularly of diorismus.
  2. Cuomo, Serafina (2001). Ancient Mathematics. Routledge. p. 56. ISBN 041516494X.
  3. Heath, Thomas Little (1981). A History of Greek Mathematics: From Thales to Euclid. Courier Dover Publications. p. 319. ISBN 0486240738.
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  • François Lasserre (1987). De Léodamas de Thasos à Philippe d'Oponte : témoignages et fragments. pp. 75–8.