---
name: Archimedes of Syracuse
name_greek: Ἀρχιμήδης ὁ Συρακούσιος
eul_aid: ixo
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/archimedes-of-syracuse-ixo"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Doric
works_count: 14
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Archimedes of Syracuse

*Ἀρχιμήδης ὁ Συρακούσιος*

**eul_aid:** `ixo` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/archimedes-of-syracuse-ixo)

Archimedes of Syracuse, Hellenistic mathematician and inventor. Treatises on geometry and mechanics. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Book of Assumptions](https://eulogikon.org/works/archimedes-syracuse-assumptions-ixo-ag) — *Βιβλίον Ὑποθέσεων* · `ixo-ag`
- [Cattle Problem (Long Version)](https://eulogikon.org/works/archimedes-syracuse-cattle-problem-ixo-aj) — *Βοῦς Πρόβλημα* · `ixo-aj`
- [Cattle Problem (Short Version)](https://eulogikon.org/works/archimedes-syracuse-cattle-problem-ixo-ak) — *Βοῦς Πρόβλημα* · `ixo-ak`
- [Measurement of the Circle](https://eulogikon.org/works/archimedes-syracuse-measurement-circle-ixo-ad) — *Κύκλου Μέτρησις* · `ixo-ad`
- [Method to Eratosthenes](https://eulogikon.org/works/archimedes-syracuse-method-eratosthenes-ixo-af) — *Μέθοδος πρὸς Ἐρατοσθένην* · `ixo-af`
- [On Archimedean Polyhedra](https://eulogikon.org/works/archimedes-syracuse-polyhedra-ixo-an) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `ixo-an`
- [On Conoids and Spheroids](https://eulogikon.org/works/archimedes-syracuse-conoids-spheroids-ixo-ae) — *Περὶ Κωνοειδῶν καὶ Σφαιροειδῶν* · `ixo-ae`
- [On Floating Bodies](https://eulogikon.org/works/archimedes-syracuse-floating-bodies-ixo-ah) — *Περὶ Τῶν Ἐπιπλεόντων Σωμάτων* · `ixo-ah`
- [On Spiral Lines](https://eulogikon.org/works/archimedes-syracuse-spirals-ixo-ai) — *Περὶ Ἑλίκων Γραμμῶν* · `ixo-ai`
- [On the Equilibrium of Planes](https://eulogikon.org/works/archimedes-syracuse-equilibrium-planes-ixo-aa) — *Περὶ Ἰσορροπίας Ἐπιπέδων* · `ixo-aa`
- [On the Sphere and Cylinder](https://eulogikon.org/works/archimedes-syracuse-sphere-cylinder-ixo-ab) — *Περὶ Σφαίρας καὶ Κυλίνδρου* · `ixo-ab`
- [Quadrature of the Parabola](https://eulogikon.org/works/archimedes-syracuse-quadrature-parabola-ixo-ac) — *Παραβολῆς Τετραγωνισμός* · `ixo-ac`
- [Sand Reckoner](https://eulogikon.org/works/archimedes-syracuse-sand-reckoner-ixo-al) — *Ψαμμίτης* · `ixo-al`
- [Stomachion](https://eulogikon.org/works/archimedes-syracuse-stomachion-ixo-am) — *Στομάχιον* · `ixo-am`

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