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name: Aristarchus of Samos
name_greek: Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Σάμιος
eul_aid: hzi
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/aristarchus-of-samos-hzi"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Ionic
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Aristarchus of Samos

*Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Σάμιος*

**eul_aid:** `hzi` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/aristarchus-of-samos-hzi)

Aristarchus of Samos, Hellenistic astronomer of the 3rd century BCE. Author of the treatise On the Sizes. Free to read and download from the Greek archive.

## Works

- [On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon](https://eulogikon.org/works/aristarchus-samos-sizes-distances-sun-moon-hzi-aa) — *Περὶ Μεγεθῶν καὶ Ἀποστάσεων Ἡλίου καὶ Σελήνης* · `hzi-aa`

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