Menelaus, of Alexandria
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Name (Hebrew)
מנלאוס, מאלכסנדריה
Name (Latin)
Menelaus, of Alexandria
Other forms of name
Mānālāwus
Menelao, di Alessandria
Menelaos, aus Alexandrien
Menelaos, of Alexandria
Menelaos, von Alexandreia
Menelaus, Alexandrinus
Menelaus, aus Alexandrien
Menélaus, ho A̓lexandreús
Ménélaos, d'Alexandrie
Ménélas, d'Alexandrie
Ménélaüs, d'Alexandrie
Millaeus, Astronomus
Menelaos aus Alexandrien
Date of birth
0070
Date of death
0140
Associated country
Egypt
Italy
Field of activity
Astronomy
Geometry
Mathematics
Occupation
Astronomers
Mathematicians
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
Google: ca. 70-140 CE
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- مانالاوس=Mānālāwus; author of al-Ashkāl al-kurrīyah (Sphaerica), fol. 38v-88v; manuscript text in Arabic ( (23888 (online via HMML), viewed on April 16, 2021) )
- Ménélaos d'Alexandrie (Greek mathematician/astronomer; worked in Alexandria and Rome near end of 1st c. CE; variants = Menelaus, Alexandrinus; Menelaus aus Alexandrien; Menélaus ho A̓lexandreús; Millaeus Astronomus; Ménélas d'Alexandrie; Ménélaüs d'Alexandrie; Menelao, di Alessandria; Menelaos, of Alexandria; Menelaos, aus Alexandrien; Menelaos, von Alexandreia ( (CERL thesaurus (online), viewed on April 16, 2021:) )
- Menelaus of Alexandria (born ca. 70, possibly in Alexandria, Egypt, died ca. 130; Greek who applied spherical geometry to astronomy; best known for the so-called Menelaus's theorem; Ptolemy records that Menelaus made astronomical observations in Rome in 98; called Menelaus of Alexandria by both Pappus and Proclus; "most likely scenario is that he lived in Alexandria as a young man, possibly being born there, and later moved to Rome"; author of Sphaerica, his only work to survive, which "deals with spherical triangles and their application to astronomy" ( (MacTutor (online via School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland), viewed on April 16, 2021:) )
- Menelaus of Alexandria (Greek astronomer, scientist, and mathematician who lived around 100 CE ( (World History Encyclopedia (online), viewed on April 16, 2021:) )
- His Menelai Sphæricorum libri III, 1758.
- NUC pre-56(Menelaus, of Alexandria)