Bion from Abdera
Bion von Abdera ( ancient Greek Βίων ) was a Greek mathematician and philosopher from Abdera . His life dates are uncertain.
After Diogenes Laertios, Bion was a pupil of Democritus , who also came from Abdera, and wrote in both Ionic and Attic Greek . He was the first to conclude from the dependence of the length of the day on the season and the geographical latitude that there is a place where day and night lasted six months each.
Strabon mentions an astronomer Bion, who was considered an expert on winds. Most likely it is referring to the same person.
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- Diogenes Laertios, Lives and Opinions of Famous Philosophers 4,58.
- Strabon, geography 1,2,21.
literature
- Friedrich Hultsch : Bion 11 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 485-487.
- Dmitri Panchenko : Bion of Abdera (2105). In: Hans-Joachim Gehrke (ed.): The fragments of the Greek historians . Part V: The geographers. doi : 10.1163 / 1873-5363_jcv_a2105 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bion from Abdera |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek mathematician and philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |