---
name: Eratosthenes of Cyrene
name_greek: Ἐρατοσθένης ὁ Κυρηναῖος
eul_aid: kly
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/eratosthenes-of-cyrene-kly"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine
works_count: 4
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Eratosthenes of Cyrene

*Ἐρατοσθένης ὁ Κυρηναῖος*

**eul_aid:** `kly` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/eratosthenes-of-cyrene-kly)

Eratosthenes of Cyrene, a Hellenistic polymath of the 3rd century BCE. Surviving philosophical works and treatises. Free to download from the Greek archive.

## Works

- [Catasterisms](https://eulogikon.org/works/eratosthenes-cyrene-catasterisms-kly-ab) — *Καταστερισμοί* · `kly-ab`
- [Fragments on Cosmic Order](https://eulogikon.org/works/eratosthenes-cyrene-cosmic-order-kly-ac) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Κόσμου Διατάξεως* · `kly-ac`
- [Fragments on Hermes and Zeus](https://eulogikon.org/works/eratosthenes-cyrene-hermes-zeus-kly-ad) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Διός* · `kly-ad`
- [On the Adornment of Stars and Their Etymology](https://eulogikon.org/works/eratosthenes-cyrene-adornment-stars-kly-aa) — *Περὶ Κόσμου Ἀστέρων καὶ Ἐτυμολογίας* · `kly-aa`

## License and provenance

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